National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has said the issue of restructuring is not the party priority for now.

According to him, the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC administration is currently focused on rebuilding the economy, creating jobs and ensuring the security of lives and property.

The APC chief said this in an interview in Abuja, on Friday.

He explained that because the issue was important, the party would at the appropriate time; make its position on the matter public.
This is as the Presidency on Saturday said it was on the same page with the ruling APC on calls for the reconstruction of the country.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said this in an interview.

Odigie-Oyegun noted that there were several challenges the administration was currently grappling with.

He said, “To bring this additional issue (restructuring) – is not the wisest thing for a nation that is struggling to stabilise to go into an unnecessary diversion at this point.
“Nothing is wrong with the idea but at this time, it is best for us to concentrate on our priorities. As a party, our priority right now is to rebuild the economy, create jobs and deal with the security problems at hand.
“And with what is happening in the Niger Delta you can see that there is so much to do. We must get our priority right some day we will come to that.”

He pleaded with Nigerians not to lose hope because the current challenges were temporary while appealing to them to continue to give unwavering support for the Buhari-led administration to enable it to deliver on its mandate.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar had, on Tuesday, advocated the restructuring of the country to ensure the development and growth of the federating units.
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“Agitations by many right-thinking Nigerians call for a restructuring and a renewal of our federation to make it less centralised, less suffocating and less dictatorial in the affairs of our country’s constituent units and localities,” the former vice-president had said at a book presentation, “We are all Biafrans”, in Abuja.

Eminent Nigerians such as a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, and an ex-Chairman of the Nigerian chapter of Transparency International, Maj. Gen. Ishola Williams (retd.), as well as groups such as Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, and the pan-Igbo umbrella body, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, had also supported Atiku’s call.
When asked about the Presidency’s position on the calls, Adesina referred our correspondent to the ruling party’s roadmap for the country.

He said, “The governing party, the APC, has a position on restructuring in its roadmap for the country. Please consult the document.”
Our correspondent’s online check of the party’s document titled “Roadmap to a new Nigeria” showed that the closest information to the issue of restructuring was contained in a section titled “Strengthen peace, security and Foreign Policy.”

Under that section, the APC listed its roadmap for peace, security and foreign policy to include; to enable states to have their own local police forces that address the special needs of each community, including community policing initiatives that restore trust among local citizens; establishing a serious crime squad with state-of-the-art training and equipment to combat terrorism, militancy and ethno-religious communal clashes; and to provide a comprehensive compensation plan for victims of ethno-religious crisis, communal clashes and terrorism.

http://www.today.ng/politcs/132603/reconstructing-priority-apc

Their priority rightnow is How to keep Bubu Alive first and foremost so that when he returns from his sick bed in London, a seed of tomato will be sold for a thousand naira.

Where dem wan evn see money sef

Restructuring is the way out.

In the long run we shall all be dead

Hmm

Hmmm

Ok. When will it be?

Okies

When there is no money to diversify the economy yet, they should start wasting money on restructuring abi?

Rebuilding the Economy? If this is how the new economy will be with sacking of employees. packing of companies abeg let's go back to our economy that made us fastest growing

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Someone is building a house on a faulty foundation and his attention was called to the fault. Hear him " We shall return to the foundation after we have finished building the house ". SMH.

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johnwizey:
Where dem wan evn see money sef

Lolz. Most of their now Governors are very stingy and don't trust them again.

Another bullshit

This is what happen when you voted for a party that doesn't have plan, but are only desperate for power.

You are only postponing the evil day. When you restructure, other things will naturally take care of themselves.

Trash

In 2015 it was APC.......change
In 2017 it will be APC......chie

As long as it's not a priority, Nigeria will continue to turn in cycle, more agitation from the oppressed and short-changes regions.






Meanwhile...

Nigeria's 2016 budget - Health sector.
University of Benin Teaching Hospital - N212M.
Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital - N162M.
University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital - N218M.

****Aso Rock Medical Centre - N3.8billion***

Welcome to Nigeria....

Change indeed!

Am not surprised there pirority is to completely destroy Nigeria's economy and make Nigerians suffer.

Oh, I thought he was speaking about restructuring the country. Oh well, nothing appears to be a priority......

this govt must be transparent

Told you people APC will destroy Nigeria.

And this way Nigeria is going, only one direction is obvious, downwards. And it will continue like this she is restructured.

APC are scammisters.

menstrualpad:
Restructuring is the way out.

noooo...building your army and police is the highest priority......

we must garantie that foreign investors and their families feel save and happy in nigeria.....if you accomplish that everything else will run smooth....

it will soon be


keep running from pillar to pole


you can escape the fact the current system is headed nowhere


a fool keeps doing the same thing the same time xpecting different results

if they dont


the NDA will make it a priority for them

NonFarmPayrol:
it will soon be


keep running from pillar to pole


you can escape the fact the current system is headed nowhere


a fool keeps doing the same thing the same time xpecting different results

what..we are not doing the same thing like jonathan...everything is different....

I still believe in this government. We shouldn't loose hope yet.

D