General Overseer, the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare said that the newly instituted Western Nigeria Security Network, code-named “Operation Amotekun,” has clearly shown that restructuring of Nigeria into true federalism is inevitable. Speaking in Lagos during a church service, Bakare said that the trend towards regional security outfits is an indication that Nigeria needs to revisit its national foundations and renegotiate them in order to have a more perfect union.

Bakare argued that Nigeria should candidly address its growing contentious national questions of constitutionalism and nationhood at the table of brotherhood rather than continue to sweep them under the carpet. He said; “the proponents of Amotekun, particularly in the South, justify the move by referencing the Sharia police or Hisbah as a northern version of regional policing. The opponents, on the other hand, particularly from the North, express fears of possible regional political motivations. “These are clear indications that the issues we swept under the carpet in past decades are still staring us in the face. We cannot continue to hide under the umbrella of one finger. It is time to address the underlying issues of nationhood and reset Nigeria on the path to predictable progress.

He further stated: “The way forward for these recurring questions of federalism, including that of regional or state policing is to travel downwards to revisit the constitutional foundations while looking upwards with unwavering faith in our divinely ordained destiny as one strong, united nation, with a strong federal government and strong federating units; a nation in which government as an entity is close enough to serve the people and strong enough to protect them. “We must not lose sight of the main issue in the Operation Amotekun debate, which is that the current mono-level security architecture has proved inadequate to combat the security challenges that confront not just the South-West but every zone in our nation. Security challenges such as kidnapping, herdsmen attacks, cattle rustling, terrorism and the porosity of our borders.”

Bakare, however, emphasised the urgent need to focus attention on youth unemployment and restiveness, “good as the Amotekun Security outfit and similar initiatives across the nation are, we will have fewer security challenges when government at all levels focuses urgent attention on job creation for the massive army of jobless youths in our nation. “Youth joblessness is the breeding ground for the various forms of crime that have bedevilled our land. Evidently, idle hands are the devil’s workshop. Even our present constitution, flawed as it is, stipulates that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. “Consequently, we cannot prioritise the security of the citizens above the welfare of the citizens; the two must go hand in hand. When that happens, the crime rate will drastically drop as our youths across the length and breadth of the federation are gainfully employed or helped to become job creators themselves.”

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There are two categories of people who doesn't like Restructuring. The ill informed and the selfish dudes

Who are the idiots creating these "MASSIVE ARMY OF JOBLESS YOUTHS"?

Our impoverished entitled men and women are ffcking away breeding babies in millions without social safety net or economic security. Borning babies like rat into poverty and economic deprivation.

Na war ooo

Day has broken and some people are binging to speak.
In Biafra we stand.

Emekankwoka:
Day has broken and some people are binging to speak.
In Biafra we stand.

Keep opening your mouth anyhow..South West is using their brain and you are using your mouth. Noise makers don't achieve anything. You people need to use your brain and not just going about making all the noise and saying 'Biafra we stand.' No plan, no strategy.

If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go together, I think we have gone far but not that fast. I think it is high time we go seperately to make our journey faster.

ofcourse. Amotekun Peoples Congress to the rescue

The core north thinks this is still the Nigeria of the 1966 where they held this nation spell bound.Restructuring or the imminent disintegration of this contraption is now staring us in the eyes.

Racoon:
The core north thinks this is still the Nigeria of the 1966 where they held this nation spell bound.Restructuring or the imminent disintegration of this contraption is now staring us in the eyes.

true......

Mr Bakare you talk too much

helinues:
Mr Bakare you talk too much

Maybe he talks too much; nevertheless what he stated here is true.

“The way forward for these recurring questions of federalism, including that of regional or state policing is to travel downwards to revisit the constitutional foundations while looking upwards with unwavering faith in our divinely ordained destiny as one strong, united nation, with a strong federal government and strong federating units; a nation in which government as an entity is close enough to serve the people and strong enough to protect them.

The pastor has common sense. Politicans are just dragging their feet on amending the constitution.