The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, John Oyegun, has said the country is running a “bastardized political structure”.

Oyegun stated this at the public presentation of the report of the APC Committee on True Federalism on Wednesday, at the Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja.

According to him, only true federalism, which has been the sole campaign of the party, can correct what he described as a warped political structure.

The APC leader said he believed past conferences were flamboyantly organised and ended in nothing, but ”what APC is bringing on board were true opinions of Nigerians across states.”

“We have held flamboyant conferences on the structures of the constitution of this country but each time it always ended up in nothing. Today, we are moving from set-piece conferences to the beginning of a new Nigeria.

“Today you are going to be partners in the construction of the basic fundamental foundation that will truly wed this county together. There is no question at all that where we were and where we are now is basically a bastardised kind of federal structure, more like a unitary system but what we are going to present to the nation today are the considered views of the critical mass of this institution.

”Those who are strong in expressing their views, those who are not so strong, the women and the youth of this nation participated strongly and intensively in the results that are being presented to you today,” he said.

The chairman of the committee, Mr. El-Rufai, represented by his special adviser on politics, Uba Sani, also speaking at the event said his committee had produced clear recommendations and draft bills that incorporated amendments to strengthen federalism.

“Thus far, we have not heard rebuttals of the recommendations. Rather, there has been a lot of hysteria triggered by seeming disbelief that a party in power at the centre is proposing true federalism. In place of a counter-narrative or alternative position on true federalism, what we hear is that the recommendations are coming too close to the elections. If something is desirable, surely the imminence of elections should not render it unappealing.

“The reality is that restructuring is a nation-building opportunity. There is now no significant constituency against the idea that states should exercise consequential powers, assume more responsibilities and control resources. It is time to make it work, for the benefit of the peoples of this country.

“It is difficult to escape the suspicion that for some people, this is a moment of peril. They appear to fear that the possibility of restructuring being actualised will remove the basis of their political viability. We assure them that they (will) always find new causes, like working with others to implement the recommendations,” he added.

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Everybody is talking nobody wants to act... True Federalism is the way to go. I have been saying this since gej Era that the problem of the country is a structural and not leadership one. They said they are looking for a Saint. I know he definitely going to fail, because it will be like pouring honey into a basket

I hope this will go down well with his boss - Buhari. Whoever mentions restructuring where Buhari is invole is always ready for the unknown

APshit new strategy for 2019 election. Failure awaits them like bubu at the poll

And APC government Bastardized Nigeria economy Structure...

According to him, only true federalism, which has been the sole campaign of the party, can correct what he described as a warped political structure.

The APC leader said he believed past conferences were flamboyantly organised and ended in nothing, but ”what APC is bringing on board were true opinions of Nigerians across states.”


See and hear who is talking So APC choose to boycott the last national conference only to feel that it own party conference is the true opinions of Nigerians across states.”(who are these Nigerians?) and the best for a restructuring that Nigeria desperately need now
BTW who told these fools that a sensitive national matter of this nature is a party affair.Meanwhile most members of the APC including Buhari,El-Rufai, Kassim Shetima et'al oppossed anything restucturing.
So who're they decieving? These clowns thought every Nigerian is a zombie.

Who is running it?

In their usual haste to play the blame card, this dude forgot he is the chairman of the chairman of the ruling party.

both pdp and apc have no political ideology

I believe that the brains of all APC members were used for sacrifice to the demonic evil spirits that won the election for them....

what do the political hooligans take NIGERIANS for? They take Nigerians for a sex doll?

They expect Nigerians to vote buhari again with all their evil, failed, cursed and unfulfilled electoral promises? No way.

These gangs of stupid, foolish, sick and haggard old, good for nothing evil men and Political bandits have played Nigerians from day one like ashawo kobo kobo.

They should leave Nigeria for Nigerians alone.

Sincerely, anyone who vote APC for presidency again needs to be castrated.