₦airaland Forum

onuman:
Having a bad constitution under a Messiah of a leader does not yield much positive results. We have seen how the bad constitution by military leaders led Nigeria to become the official poverty capital of the world.
The political structure of Nigeria was also fraudulently changed by northern military dictators using land mass or population figures to proliferate too many mostly non viable 20 states in one region - the North - but only 17 states in the two southern regions - East and West - that formed independent Nigeria with the northern region in 1960.
Land mass or population figures is NEVER used as yardstick to create too many new federating units and accruing political representation, in a country formed at independence by diverse regions.
There should have been equal number of states between the three regions that formed Nigeria in 1960.
Today, as other southerners ask for political restructuring of Nigeria, Northern politicians tell them to come to the National Assembly for political restructuring, knowing full well that the National Assembly is overwhelmingly overpopulated by northern legislators who will vote against any changes to the political structure and constitution.

madridguy:
People benefiting from the 1999 constitution will not wat it abolished.

Parachoko:
Even if Nigerians Embrace the 1960 Constitution, with Politicians like the Mediocre from Agulu, Nigeria won't still develop.

No b by system of Government abeg.

Look at how Nigerians are Hailing Asiwaju because of how he's ruling Perfectly.

epainos:
Akande is an example....and if it was a Hausa who said it...the Yoruba man would tell his people the same.

Oga... you are a solid example of tribalism.
That Yoruba man is what you saw...this is why I said that tribalism is the root problem of Nigeria. You are a perfect example..


Who are the westerners? So, are you blind that restructuring is the way out? Is Justice Oputa also a Westerner? Lol. I am sure you don't know him...so there is no need to go more into it.

I am not aware of Tinubu wanting more LGAs, but this is the normal tactic of governors. Even this was the same reason everyone demanded more states and IBB gave everyone more. Lol. And this is what killed Ibo. After giving them 6 states, he gave them the SE region and cut off other places they used to control and called the SS. Lol.

Creating more states is not restructuring. Creating more states means you want an income from the central government in Abuja. But restructuring is cutting out Abuja...and each region controls its resources. They are not the same but opposite of each other.

Go to school...go learn. Just don't dabble into topics you don't know and attack people anyhow. You will only injure yourself.

Good luck!

DMerciful:
The 1999 Constitution enables useless leaders to be selected. It would be difficult for useless leaders to come through the 1960 Constitution because there's no sharing from the center but contribution from the regions to run the center. A useless regional or state leader cannot generate enough resources to run the state, how much more contributing to run the center. A useless leader will not survive six months

blancsn1:
Nope I am only letting you know ahead that Aburi is not acceptable to Yorubas because we were never represented so you ipob should stop talking about it in all it entirety.

DMerciful:
You're using too many words to runaway from the truth.

I ask you a simple question, what is stopping Tinubu from pushing for restructuring? GEJ atleast did a confab for restructuring

DomPerignon:
From comments from you Ibos here on this thread , we can see how you are all against any talk of restructuring.

I have been saying it here forever that the last people in Nigeria to agree on restructuring is the Ibo man.

Your position since Ironsi announced decree 34 has been always towards a powerful central government.

Obi kicked against restructuring during his campaign and said it was down to what he said was bad leadership .


You are singling my post out despite me responding to your fellow Ibo who blamed Aburi accord collapse for all our woes.

That post was the major distraction and deflection which I needed to correct and highlight that since 1999 , any talk of even resource control for states has been opposed by your Ibo legislators.

The fact remains that the Ibo will be the last to see Nigeria return to her original constitutional template as your ambitions are to rule and dominate the polity from the centre.

Name just one Ibo man who has called for constitutional amendment back to pre Ironsi . Just one !

Protip: you can't because no Ibo man has ever raised the issue of restructuring .

It is either Biafra or an Ibo presidency.

You fool no one

Obierika:
Foolishness has been running in your family for generations!

If you people knew that 1960 constitution was so perfect then why did you change it in the first instance?!

DomPerignon:
The only people south of the Nigeria that have consistently stood against resource control has been the Ibos.

Even the VAT ruling secured by Rivers and Lagos was met with silence from your region.

Since 1999, Ibo legislators have consistently stood with northerners to block any discussion on resource control for states with the Niger Delta oil resource agitation under Obasanjo demanding for 25% opposed under the gimmick of third term.

Ibo legislators stood alongside the north over the offshore/onshore dichotomy which was only settled by a supreme court ruling .

From this thread we can all see how you all oppose any talk of restructuring by hiding under senseless excuses after the other.

epainos:
Keep asking foolish a question. You will travel to Aso Rock and ask Tinubu why he is not doing it. Am I Tinubu?

If there is an opportunity for us to make Tinubu do it, we should take it. We should demand it. This is my take.

So, carry your foolish question and go meet Tinubu. All I want is the right thing to be done. Whether it is an ibo, Yoruba, Hausa or Fulani there. If we agree to mount pressure on Tinubu, I am for it.

So, get lost with your tribalistic way of life. You are a perfect example of it. People like you will NEVER make Nigeria progressive. It is why I don't need to be in the same nation with you.

Feel free to ask your foolish question again.

BloomingDale:
Can you summarize the Aburi Accord?

ednut1:
keep consoling yourself self. There was corruption in the first republic like Nzeogwu confirmed in his interview ( its on YouTube). Bribes and kickbacks for contracts were rampant, nepotism and favouritism was there. Leave story abeg

worksmart:
1960 is 64 years ago!

That won't be very relevant in today's Nigeria besides it is a constitution drawn up by colonialists.

Better to adopt the 1995 draft constitution of the Abacha regime .

DMerciful:
You're emotional and fail to see the deceit of Akande calling the NASS instead of calling his ftiend Tinubu who controls NASS.

You cannot mount pressure on a president that's not willing.

Obj did not restructure, Tinubu has not mentioned restructuring since he was rigged in. In essence, the westerners are pretending to want restructuring

DMerciful:
You're using too many words to runaway from the truth.

I ask you a simple question, what is stopping Tinubu from pushing for restructuring? GEJ atleast did a confab for restructuring

epainos:
You are different from me. I am not interested in your fault findings. All politicians are thieves, and I don't have any regard for them.

Moreso, in most of my posts, I have said that the only reason the people in this present Nigeria will prosper is to split. And I pray that Tinubu should make so many mistakes beyond repairs that everyone should go manage his nation.

My comments are not tribalistic. I don't care who is the president. I am not interested in whatever he does. My own is that God should make him make mistakes so that everyone can mount pressure on him.. and we can split Nigeria. And a way is that he should borrow money that we cannot pay back ...or just make a mistake that everyone will say...enough, we want to split.

So...I am not interested in the angle you want to pick.

I have said what I want to say, and it's enough.

Have a lovely Sunday!

TimeManager:
What business do we have with Aburi?, is Aburi a place in Nigeria?. Anything that's not agreed upon on Nigerian soil is total rubbish. Aburi was between two military men, 1999 constitution is also a military document. 1960 constitution is the people's document, unfortunately, some people carried out a coup, gave way to mllitary regime in Nigeria and threw away the people's constitution. Same people who should be asking Nigerians for forgiveness are still talking about a toilet paper called Aburi.

Typical Nigerian. Fools in denial. I hope you are not one of those that are doing Japa.

-kiss the truth!

DMerciful:
Its not perfect but corruption is not the major thing holding us down. Its lack of competition among states because resources are shared from the center, so states can be unproductive and still survive.

In the 1960 constitution, yoj can't survive if you're unproductive

BloomingDale:
Can you summarize the Aburi Accord?

jyz200:
We need a new constitution for real.
For example items on the exclusive item is way too much
A deep examination on the 1999 constitution you would agree that it is unitary in disguise , power much concentrate on the center

ednut1:
in almost every developed nation from Germany to Canada to Uk to US . Only few states or provinces are productive. The rest of the country depends on money from government. California ,NY and Texas make up majority of USA GDP, In Canada its Ontario, British columbia , Alberta and Quebec, in Uk its london , in Germany its bavaria region. How come competition has not developed the poor regions there

TimeManager:
What business do we have with Aburi?, is Aburi a place in Nigeria?. Anything that's not agreed upon on Nigerian soil is total rubbish. Aburi was between two military men, 1999 constitution is also a military document. 1960 constitution is the people's document, unfortunately, some people carried out a coup, gave way to mllitary regime in Nigeria and threw away the people's constitution. Same people who should be asking Nigerians for forgiveness are still talking about a toilet paper called Aburi.

-kiss the truth!

gidgiddy:
Even the 1960 constitution was not agreed to on Nigerian soil, it was agreed to by Nigerian delegates in London

DMerciful:
So you mean Akande is the first person that has said we should restructure or go back to the 1960 constitution?

The westerners have been pushing for restructuring since the 1990s infact Tinubu had problems with Obj while he was governor because he was trying to create more LGAs for Lagos. Tinubu is president now, let him do the restructuring he has been fighting others for

poseidon12:
Summary of the Aburi Accord is that Nigeria should run a confederal system. Much like what you have in Canada or Switzerland.
Basically a decentralised governance system. Don't be a typical Nigerian ( tribalistic, insincere, and runs away from reality).

blancsn1:
Who and who made the Aburi accord
So Yoruba will allow a foolish Ojukwu n Yakubu both military to decide their fate or you are just trying to be senseless ?