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I'm all for restructuring. The structure is parasitic and doesn't ensure equity

ExInferis:
When Nigeria was operating federating units in the old regional structure, the southerners were protesting and the igboes killed northern leaders in the first coup that eventually led to the current federal republic structure.

So if the system wasn't working back then and led to a bloody civil war, why are these withered old fools talking about going back it now?

Are we socially devolving instead of evolving?

I'm also amazed at how the uneducated niger deltans are still harping on about crude oil when the whole world is moving away from fossil fuel and towards renewable energy.

Are the Ankio Briggs and co so backward?

Are their brains fossilized as well?

Look at you man. Those industrialized nations used fossil based energies to reach the stage they are at now

There are stages

You cannot skip primary school directly into university

maxiflexy:
Prominent leaders from the Southern part of the country yesterday said without restructuring and devolution of powers, there may be no general election in 2019.
This formed part of the discussion held at a colloquium on restructuring organised by the Island Club, Lagos.


The colloquium titled ‘Restructuring: Challenges, implications and the way forward’, was attended by prominent leaders in the South West, South East, South South and the North.


Niger Delta activist, Annkio Briggs, who was one of the discussants said she had the mandate of the Niger Delta people to speak on their behalf. She said if the country does not restructure, there would not be elections in 2019.

Annkio Briggs said: “The country is like a moving train without brakes and in order not to crash, we need to restructure. All regions must come together and agree on restructuring and everybody must say what restructuring means to them, and we must agree on restructuring before 2019 election. There is so much injustice in the country.

“For instance, there are 419 local governments in the North and 365 local government in the South and the north gets far more resources from the Federal Government than the people producing oil in the country. Niger Delta is producing more and getting less.


We must have a new constitution or we can use the 1963 constitution and work on it. We can have a new constitution that will take care of these injustices like the issue of Fulani herdsmen and religion. If we cannot restructure, we should call the zones together to call for a referendum, so that each zone can determine how they want to live.”


The lead discussant, Prof. Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, said the federal government has become inefficient and corrupt because of oil revenue from the Niger Delta. He said the abandonment of export products that were helping Nigeria has become a problem.


“Restructuring has become inescapable for Nigerians. The struggle for a rational federal structure has been a major concern since we were young men. Nigeria needs to restructure due to the harsh effect of the federal structure of Nigeria. Youths in South-East, Niger Delta and South-West are telling us that they do not want to be part of Nigeria anymore. It is under this that the cry for restructuring is growing louder.

“Some people are saying restructuring is a confusing idea and I dare say their strategy is clever, but not clever enough. We want a federalism that is widely acceptable and the best structure is federalism whereby each zone would be a federating unit and control and develop its own resources for the good of its people.

This is the only solution to our nationality problem.The structure we operated in 1963 was very productive because each region had its constitution and controlled its resources,” he said.


Prof. John Ogu, a former Deputy governor of Ebonyi State, who represented the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, said the marginalisation of the South-East and the unfair treatment meted out to the Igbo from the end of the civil war till date were the factors that aided the rise of separatist groups like the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).


He said: “What IPOB is doing now is a cry for justice.They are saying the Igbo have been treated very badly and have been marginalised since the civil war ended, and it is only restructuring that can remedy some of those wrongs. It can be done by amending the 1999 constitution holistically or by creating a new constitution.

“Restructuring does not mean the disintegration of the country, but making Nigeria a federation and changing the unitary system of government, that the military handed to us, to a federal system of government to ensure security.”
Former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, said restructuring is not about the North against the South.



“Restructuring is decentralising power to make a way from distribution and consuming arrangement for every federating units to increase its fiscal resources for development. The country is on a precipice. No one can predict what will happen on October 1. Any country that cannot boast of security for its citizens and property is not worthy of being called a country. We need to have state and local police to protect the lives of citizens and property. The ruling party has said voters should not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 because of restructuring, so we are now watching to see whether the All Progressives Congress (APC) will restructure before 2019.”


A former Minister for Information, Labaran Maku, agreed with the consensus on restructuring. He said: “Nigeria needs restructuring. It offers Africa and Africans a great hope if we can reform the structure and its internal powers. The majority of us believe that restructuring will make Nigeria a great country, and these kind of debates are needed to ensure that restructuring works.”


Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of Afenifere chastised northern leaders who are opposed to restructuring. “The military introduced this constitution which thrives on a unitary system of government, but you cannot run Nigeria on a military system of government, because we have so many ethnic groups. We have passed that stage where people will try to make us think that restructuring is new. It is not. We must restructure now or the country may not survive. The North does not want to agree on restructuring because they are beneficiaries of the awkwardness of this 1999 constitution which was thrust on us by the military” he said.


General Alani Akinrinade condemned what he described as the deafening silence from most prominent northern elders over the quit notice given to the Igbo living the north before October 1 by northern youths.
He said: “Besides a few northern elders who criticised the northern youths for the quit notice given to the Igbo, I am sad that most of the elders I expected to have condemned it have maintained a deafening silence.”



http://sunnewsonline.com/no-restructuring-no-2019-election-southern-leaders/

Where is Shehu Sani??.

woodcook:
Do you like the way FG has been treating the masses?

Definitely not but his activities should be limited.

Ogonimilitant:
God bless Nnamdi Kanu for giving this old men a voice.
Without Nnamdi Kanu, this would not have come to the table for dicuss.

He is the voice of the opressed.
Afonja wether youu like it or not, Nigeria will change for good.
It takes a strong and fearless leader to do what this man is doing.
Risking his life to set all free.

Its not all about lpob.
Ipob is a tool to liberate the opressed who are afraid of the Fulani/ hausa hegimony

Some people are bad negotiators and that's why their lives are stagnant. Who names their last price in a negotiation?
There is always room for haggling. Kanu asks for secession. Others ask for restructuring. FG (the North) make their own request. Then everyone reaches a compromise.

Policemen will ask for N20k bribe. A motorist begs them with N2k. At the end, the egunje masters take N5k. A policeman holding a motorist with gragra for N20k knows that he ain't getting N20k but he has mastered the art of negotiating with drivers.

How is the above scenario different from what Kanu is doing? He may not get secession but that is a discomforting extreme to start negotiating with the Nigerian state.
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maxiflexy:
if Nigeria is restructured by 2019 I will be glad and proud to call this country my home.

he can my state be producing oil and and sending the money to the north while my villages is polluted by the same oil.

restructuring is not break up, restructuring will make each state to sit up.

states like Enugu will produce power through coal and sell it to rivers in exchange for oil or money.

Benue will produce tonnes of food and sell it to Lagos.

Restructuring is the solution.

lalasticlala

You said it all

Moorish:
Look at you man. Those industrialized nations used fossil based energies to reach the stage they are at now

There are stages

You cannot skip primary school directly into university

If you're smart enough you can.

If this is your idea of industrialization then perhaps we should start with steam engines, so that we follow the whole gamut of the growth narrative.

No need reinventing the wheel, is there?

Meanwhile we're not talking harnessing fossil fuel for industrial growth; the whole discussion is monetizing crude for financing of opulent and decadent lifestyles of politicians, militants, activists and their cronies.

Else what's the 13 percent derivative done for the ND besides enriching their leaders?

...and we think restructuring will expunge the corrupt, greedy and selfish tendencies in each and everyone of us Nigerians.

Nigerians better be careful and works toward a better Nigeria, rather than being hoodwinked and sent from frying pan to naked fire in this restructuring and Biafra nonsense.

If we all exert our energies (as we do in asking for restructuring) in making Nigeria a better home, Nigeria would of course be great.

I keep saying, until we understand that Nigeria's problem is not Nigeria but the people.

ExInferis:
If you're smart enough you can.

If this is your idea of industrialization then perhaps we should start with steam engines, so that we follow the whole gamut of the growth narrative.

No need reinventing the wheel, is there?

Meanwhile we're not talking harnessing fossil fuel for industrial growth; the whole discussion is monetizing crude for financing of opulent and decadent lifestyles of politicians, militants, activists and their cronies.

Else what's the 13 percent derivative done for the ND besides enriching their leaders?

Bro, fossil based energy is still cheaper and more efficient than renewables. That is why I think we should harness what we have for now

Just like the Alternating current vs direct current war between Tesla and faraday. Direct current is safer and modern but alternating current won because of price and efficiency.

I do agree we should adopt cleaner systems but we have to harness our fossil base first. Europe did it, America and Asia did it, and they reaped the benefits. Why shouldn't we ? Must we suffer?

sarrki:
God is not a man

His words lives forever

He created the world with his word

He said be and it is

His ways are not of men.

Na to open church next remain for you

Why isn't the north represented in the discussants?
I thiink it's wrong to imply that the north doesn't want restructuring. Playing the victim card never yeilds positive results. I think proper orientation can help further the cause. I believe that the true resistors are the elite who benefit from this present systeM, not "the north".

I stand by true federalism

yeah yeah.
why dem no make noise when ebele be presido. e be like say to be an activist na the thing wey dey reign for naija now.
make me too start my own.

edochie12:
how can u restructure something that doesn't have structure,disintegration all the way

Thumbs up man!!

maxiflexy:
if Nigeria is restructured by 2019 I will be glad and proud to call this country my home.

he can my state be producing oil and and sending the money to the north while my villages is polluted by the same oil.

restructuring is not break up, restructuring will make each state to sit up.

states like Enugu will produce power through coal and sell it to rivers in exchange for oil or money.

Benue will produce tonnes of food and sell it to Lagos.

Restructuring is the solution.

lalasticlala

You are staying trash stop people contradicting yourself

gberra:
Olusegun Mimiko, Labaran Maku & co have suddenly become apostles of restructuring after leaving the corridor of powe...Politicians. Throw them a little bread & the song changes.
And to think about the fact that the Senate gave a No vote to devolution of powers makes it all become a longer ride.



Let's KILL corruption

We kill it when baba is back 4rm his vacation

For now he's drinking juice and soaking in London enjoyment

Hopefully he can find time to go clubbing, maybe get some white kit kat, you feel me?

Meanwhile, Vagabonds still call for arrest of Nnamdi Kanu whose IPOB holds similar opinion. Vagabonds including some Igbo Anambra state lawyers whose only objevtive is re-elect Obiano so that business shall continue as usual.

Our mumu have do

maxiflexy:
Prominent leaders from the Southern part of the country yesterday said without restructuring and devolution of powers, there may be no general election in 2019.
This formed part of the discussion held at a colloquium on restructuring organised by the Island Club, Lagos.


The colloquium titled ‘Restructuring: Challenges, implications and the way forward’, was attended by prominent leaders in the South West, South East, South South and the North.


Niger Delta activist, Annkio Briggs, who was one of the discussants said she had the mandate of the Niger Delta people to speak on their behalf. She said if the country does not restructure, there would not be elections in 2019.

Annkio Briggs said: “The country is like a moving train without brakes and in order not to crash, we need to restructure. All regions must come together and agree on restructuring and everybody must say what restructuring means to them, and we must agree on restructuring before 2019 election. There is so much injustice in the country.

“For instance, there are 419 local governments in the North and 365 local government in the South and the north gets far more resources from the Federal Government than the people producing oil in the country. Niger Delta is producing more and getting less.


We must have a new constitution or we can use the 1963 constitution and work on it. We can have a new constitution that will take care of these injustices like the issue of Fulani herdsmen and religion. If we cannot restructure, we should call the zones together to call for a referendum, so that each zone can determine how they want to live.”


The lead discussant, Prof. Stephen Adebanji Akintoye, said the federal government has become inefficient and corrupt because of oil revenue from the Niger Delta. He said the abandonment of export products that were helping Nigeria has become a problem.


“Restructuring has become inescapable for Nigerians. The struggle for a rational federal structure has been a major concern since we were young men. Nigeria needs to restructure due to the harsh effect of the federal structure of Nigeria. Youths in South-East, Niger Delta and South-West are telling us that they do not want to be part of Nigeria anymore. It is under this that the cry for restructuring is growing louder.

“Some people are saying restructuring is a confusing idea and I dare say their strategy is clever, but not clever enough. We want a federalism that is widely acceptable and the best structure is federalism whereby each zone would be a federating unit and control and develop its own resources for the good of its people.

This is the only solution to our nationality problem.The structure we operated in 1963 was very productive because each region had its constitution and controlled its resources,” he said.


Prof. John Ogu, a former Deputy governor of Ebonyi State, who represented the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, said the marginalisation of the South-East and the unfair treatment meted out to the Igbo from the end of the civil war till date were the factors that aided the rise of separatist groups like the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).


He said: “What IPOB is doing now is a cry for justice.They are saying the Igbo have been treated very badly and have been marginalised since the civil war ended, and it is only restructuring that can remedy some of those wrongs. It can be done by amending the 1999 constitution holistically or by creating a new constitution.

“Restructuring does not mean the disintegration of the country, but making Nigeria a federation and changing the unitary system of government, that the military handed to us, to a federal system of government to ensure security.”
Former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, said restructuring is not about the North against the South.



“Restructuring is decentralising power to make a way from distribution and consuming arrangement for every federating units to increase its fiscal resources for development. The country is on a precipice. No one can predict what will happen on October 1. Any country that cannot boast of security for its citizens and property is not worthy of being called a country. We need to have state and local police to protect the lives of citizens and property. The ruling party has said voters should not vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019 because of restructuring, so we are now watching to see whether the All Progressives Congress (APC) will restructure before 2019.”


A former Minister for Information, Labaran Maku, agreed with the consensus on restructuring. He said: “Nigeria needs restructuring. It offers Africa and Africans a great hope if we can reform the structure and its internal powers. The majority of us believe that restructuring will make Nigeria a great country, and these kind of debates are needed to ensure that restructuring works.”


Ayo Adebanjo, a chieftain of Afenifere chastised northern leaders who are opposed to restructuring. “The military introduced this constitution which thrives on a unitary system of government, but you cannot run Nigeria on a military system of government, because we have so many ethnic groups. We have passed that stage where people will try to make us think that restructuring is new. It is not. We must restructure now or the country may not survive. The North does not want to agree on restructuring because they are beneficiaries of the awkwardness of this 1999 constitution which was thrust on us by the military” he said.


General Alani Akinrinade condemned what he described as the deafening silence from most prominent northern elders over the quit notice given to the Igbo living the north before October 1 by northern youths.
He said: “Besides a few northern elders who criticised the northern youths for the quit notice given to the Igbo, I am sad that most of the elders I expected to have condemned it have maintained a deafening silence.”



http://sunnewsonline.com/no-restructuring-no-2019-election-southern-leaders/

The north obviously have a hidden agenda they are trying hard to pursue which was majorly why buhari was foisted on nigeria to implement the uthman Dan fodio command to islamize the whole south and deep the Quran in the seas of the niger delta that is the main reason they don't want restructuring or disintegration.

Koolking:
...and we think restructuring will expunge the corrupt, greedy and selfish tendencies in each and everyone of us Nigerians.

Nigerians better be careful and works toward a better Nigeria, rather than being hoodwinked and sent from frying pan to naked fire in this restructuring and Biafra nonsense.

If we all exert our energies (as we do in asking for restructuring) in making Nigeria a better home, Nigeria would of course be great.

I keep saying, until we understand that Nigeria's problem is not Nigeria but the people.

Stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and again and expecting a different result. We have practiced this current system long enough to see that it is not working.
We have seen transformation regime, CHANGE regime and they are nothing but beautiful nonsense.
The probability of getting Nigeria of our dreams even in a restructured or regionalized system is still not higher than 25% because blacks over and over again have shown they lack capacity to solve problems. But then even a 5% progress will be better than what we have now. At least there would be no cry of marginalization and seccession because power will be to the people. So restructuring remains the only way to salvage this country

ExInferis:
When Nigeria was operating federating units in the old regional structure, the southerners were protesting and the igboes killed northern leaders in the first coup that eventually led to the current federal republic structure.

So if the system wasn't working back then and led to a bloody civil war, why are these withered old fools talking about going back it now?

Are we socially devolving instead of evolving?

I'm also amazed at how the uneducated niger deltans are still harping on about crude oil when the whole world is moving away from fossil fuel and towards renewable energy.

Are the Ankio Briggs and co so backward?

Are their brains fossilized as well?

this blackmail tactics is outdated.
Get ready for the harsh reality.

Amarabae:
this blackmail tactics is outdated.
Get ready for the harsh reality.

If you mean harsh reality as in no more oil revenue, well yes it would be tough for my region initially, but I am still optimistic because self determination is a very strong motivator

In short, what the koko of the restructuring is bring more money from the northern share and join it to the southern share.

The restructuring add no value to the country.

juman:
In short, what the koko of the restructuring is bring more money from the northern share and join it to the southern share.

The restructuring add no value to the country.

No. It is about Adressing an injustice

The Anambra state group of lawyers asking for arrest of Nnamdi Kanu even petitioned Europeans who own English language to interpret the word "boycott" to mean "interrupt." Hungry bunch of Lawyers bought with Anambra state's money. Lawyers that petitioned the UN, EU, Nigerian government etc, to come and arrest their brother working for their emancipation in Nigeria.

This country we dont have sensible leaders that can make things happen.
In this present arrangement, a real governor would excel.

We need sensible governors that would face other areas to generate money.
Agriculture is one way.
We will remember baba awolowo forever.

gberra:
Olusegun Mimiko, Labaran Maku & co have suddenly become apostles of restructuring after leaving the corridor of powe...Politicians. Throw them a little bread & the song changes.
And to think about the fact that the Senate gave a No vote to devolution of powers makes it all become a longer ride.



Let's KILL corruption

The probability of killing corruption in our system today is too low. Even if we assume that this regime will try to kill it, what is the assurance that the next regime will not encourage it and we go back to square 1?
We need to change the system in such a way that makes corruption difficult to happen in the first place instead of chasing them when the deed is done.
We need a Nigeria where even if the Niger delta militants blow up all pipelines, the man in ogun, Kano or Enugu will not feel the impact much because they do not depend on oil.
We need a Nigeria where the fund to fight boko haram will come from their region and will not be from the entire country so that if they spend 70% of what they earn to fight boko haram alone even boko haram will get sense and stop the nonsense.
In fact, we need a Nigeria where each region will be responsible for thier development and not wait for one FG to do thier road then everyone senses will return

Moorish:
No. It is about Adressing an injustice

Injustice like?

Efewestern:
Restructuring is the only way.

Urhobo says they want it
Ijaw says they want it
itsekiri says they want it
Efik says they want it.
all Niger Delta minorities need it.

let us control the resources in our land why paying tax to the central government, with the tax the Government can assist states that are poor and need rescue.

People need to understand that the best way to move this country forward is to restructure the country, let's go back to Regional System of government.

The north obviously have a hidden agenda which they are trying hard to implement that was why they fought hard to foist buhari on nigeria to carry out the commands of usman Dan fodio which is Islamization of the whole south and deeping the Quran in the seas of the niger delta that is majorly why they don't want disintegration or even restructuring.

nigeria really needs genuine restruturing, but the sad news is that the evil looters who prefer so much slush funds at the centre, that can be looted at will 're still in charge. they 're comfortable with their luxury life-style while the masses 're dying of starvations. verily verily i say unto you, unless our desperation over-whelms that of the looters, there shall never be restructuring.

Nigerians don't plan ahead unless it is election. Bunch of thief

The country suppose to be divided and separated.