PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday observed that those clamouring for the restructuring of the country do so for selfish motives but expressed the hope that the diverse agenda can be accommodated by the constitution.

He made the observation while receiving some traditional rulers under Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU) and members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) from Urhobo land at the presidential villa, Abuja on Monday.

He was responding to the call by the group to consider the call for restructuring.

The president said: “You mentioned something which is typical these days, the cause of restructuring Nigeria. For every group asking for restructuring has got their own agenda and I hope it can be accommodated by the constitution.

“I assure you that you are not forgotten and I am pleased you appreciate the appointments by this administration of some citizens of your kingdoms.

Responding to a request for the presidency to also address oil spillage in the region, Buhari blamed the people of the area for what he said was their contribution to the degradation of the region through sabotage.

He, therefore, urged them to give the present administration the chance just as, according to him, gave the previous governments the chance.

Buhari said: “I plead with you leaders of these communities that your resources have been sustaining this country throughout these years for restraint of control so that the cooperation you gave to the previous administrations will be extended to this administration so that the country can realize the resources which are mainly under your seat.


“Some of your citizens there are responsible and they hurt, more of your people that have access to employment, either lack of education, you know as much as I do that it is the people that suffer from oil pollution, like those engaged in fishing.

“If the water is polluted, it is the majority of the people that will suffer.

“Those making noise in the media because they somehow have access and because they are outside the country, but those of us who are stuck here we are left to convince the people to show respect.”

The President General of UPU had also observed that part of the things that will guarantee a second tenure for Buhari is to appoint an Urhobo son or daughter as substantive Minister in the current administration.

Taiga requested the president to look into issues bedevilling the region, especially the resuscitation of Sapele port, boundary crisis between the Urhobos and Edo communities, federal presence like the establishment of gas plants, adequate funding of Federal University of Petroleum Resources and neglect by oil companies who daily exploit the land without commensurate compensation.

He said: “We wish to commend the initiative by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to give serious thought to restructuring our country and going as far as setting up a committee under a serving governor to take a critical look at it and make recommendations on the way forward.

“We humbly request Mr. President to give kind consideration to appointing an Urhobo son or daughter as a Minister in this administration. We will be grateful if this request is kindly granted.

“The Sapele port which was once a bustling economic hub in the old Midwestern region has unfortunately gone comatose for a long time. It is presently used as a naval facility with only a small part of it serving the Navy’s needs.

“We, therefore, request the federal government to reactivate and make the port functional. This will help to decongest the Lagos ports and boost the economy of Delta and neighbouring states.”

Meanwhile, security operatives in presidential villa prevented Delta APC leader, Olorogun Ortega Emerhor who organized the Urhobo delegation’s visit to the president, from entering the venue.

His prevention from attending the meeting with the president may not be unconnected with the violence that broke out during the APC national convention at Eagle Square, Abuja on Saturday.

His loyalists and other Delta delegates loyal to the camp of Chief Great Ogboru and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege disrupted the president’s address when they engaged in a free for all fight.

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Buhari have no future plan for Nigeria other than his fulani agenda .

He will rather build cattle colony all over Nigeria than restructure her.

It's a pity. Northerners don't want restructuring but why?

when the northerners hear restructuring,they start talking rubbish .

I want to ask what are we restructuring I hope the restructuring doesn't favour the regional elite from North, south, east and west

That's one Nigeria for u! They will open their deceitful mouth n tell u wel are one,but look around all the faces of Nigeria life,the Fulani's have taken over everything. Yet, some idiot will keep screaming one Nigeria. I will rather die in my quest for freedom than to crawl on my stomach just to feed myself.
Viva Freedom!

olas24u:
when the northerners hear restructuring,they start talking rubbish .

what stop GEJ a man from the south south/Niger Delta from restructuring Nigeria when he was in power?

deleo16:
I want to ask what are we restructuring I hope the restructuring doesn't favour the regional elite from North, south, east and west

1. Recognise the six geopolitical zones as federating units and order INEC to conduct elections to elect their governors. I will name the SE zone as Biafra state, SW as Odu'a state, SS as Niger Delta state, NC as Middle Belt state, NW as Arewa state, NE as Kanuri state.

2. The current 36 states will become metropolitan areas and the current 36 governors will become Mayors. I will scrap entirely the current 774 LGA arrangment. The current LGA chairmen will go to the new six state assemblies as legislators. The councilors will be dissmissed.

3. Return Ilorin and Kabba to Odu'a state. Asaba, and other Igboid part of SS will be conceeded to Biafra (to quell unnessesary agitation). Ijaw part of Ondo will return to Niger Delta state. The fulani part of Kwara and Niger goes to Arewa state. The Christian part of Taraba goes to Middle Belt state.

4. Oil found in any land within Nigeria will belong 50% to the host community/metro. The offshore oil belongs to us all! Therefore the current sharing formula will continue. The 36 Metros will still get what they are currently getting from offshore oil, while the new six states will now get what the LGA where getting before. So a state will get only the amount that would have accrued to the LGA it had before.

5. Some NPF police officers will be transfered to state service as state police. Same will be with some prison wardens. Many of items on exclusive list (such as energy and power generation) will be moved to concurrent list to allow states participate. Only defence, foreign affairs and currency operations will be exclusive. Because of this, the oil revenue share retained by the FG will decrease to give more to the 6 states and 36 metros.

6. Increase the number of senators to 115. The extra 6 will be one first class king from each of the 6 states. Such as the sultan, ooni, obi, oba of benin etc. The new 6 states will have houses of chiefs to be made up of the remaining top monarchs in the zone. Any monarch not included will be considered irrelevant and derobed.

By this, agitations will reduce grossly to give government at each level chance to do its job. Also the unaccounted waste by the current 774 LGAs will stop. The FG by this arrangement sheds power, but not enough to make it irrelevant. By this also Biafra would have been given to my people, Niger Delta would have been given to SS and Odu'a would have been given to SW.

Omololu007:
what stop GEJ a man from the south south/Niger Delta from restructuring Nigeria when he was in power?

because of that we should not restructure? Why did Gej have National confab?

For this match tomorrow.... Am willing to offer my roommates as burnt sacrifice so that we can win... If not for the joy, at least for the one minute call...

Didnt this evil goat lie saying he wanted to restructure as part of his campaign promise?

I only pity Afonjas still shouting One Nigeria.

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kant do away wit LG because minority of interest. jukums,bachama,tangale aint Kanuri

Restructure will give way for creativity, hard work, competition and progress and is done like that even in Arab Dubai this Useless man. If there is no other thing the governors will be kept busy within their state.

Restructuring must come. You are only delaying the inevitable. It will definitely come, in your life time sef...

UPU wadoo, thanks for bringing the plight of the Urhobo nation and that of the Minorities to the President, I'm beginning to love Olorogun Taiga, the UPU are now taking their place in Nigeria.

The main point of the meeting.

* Restructuring

* resuscitation of Sapele port

* boundary crisis between the Urhobos and Edo communities (I'm even surprise that nobody is talking about this issue)

* federal presence like the establishment of gas plants

* adequate funding of Federal University of Petroleum Resources (We produce what feeds this nation, I see no reason why that FUPRE bill shouldn't be on the 2018 budget, Let us remind the Government that FUPRE is the only Petroleum university in Nigeria, and the best in West Africa, and as such the government should as a matter of urgency attend to the need of the school, this will benefit us all)

* neglect by oil companies who daily exploit the land without commensurate compensation .

This man appears to be brain dead!

i bet it with N10000000000, this presido don't know what Restructuring truly means.

selemempe:
1. Recognise the six geopolitical zones as federating units and order INEC to conduct elections to elect their governors. I will name the SE zone as Biafra state, SW as Odu'a state, SS as Niger Delta state, NC as Middle Belt state, NW as Arewa state, NE as Kanuri state.

2. The current 36 states will become metropolitan areas and the current 36 governors will become Mayors. I will scrap entirely the current 774 LGA arrangment. The current LGA chairmen will go to the new six state assemblies as legislators. The councilors will be dissmissed.

3. Return Ilorin and Kabba to Odu'a state. Asaba, and other Igboid part of SS will be conceeded to Biafra (to quell unnessesary agitation). Ijaw part of Ondo will return to Niger Delta state. The fulani part of Kwara and Niger goes to Arewa state. The Christian part of Taraba goes to Middle Belt state.

4. Oil found in any land within Nigeria will belong 50% to the host community/metro. The offshore oil belongs to us all! Therefore the current sharing formula will continue. The 36 Metros will still get what they are currently getting from offshore oil, while the new six states will now get what the LGA where getting before. So a state will get only the amount that would have accrued to the LGA it had before.

5. Some NPF police officers will be transfered to state service as state police. Same will be with some prison wardens. Many of items on exclusive list (such as energy and power generation) will be moved to concurrent list to allow states participate. Only defence, foreign affairs and currency operations will be exclusive. Because of this, the oil revenue share retained by the FG will decrease to give more to the 6 states and 36 metros.

6. Increase the number of senators to 115. The extra 6 will be one first class king from each of the 6 states. Such as the sultan, ooni, obi, oba of benin etc. The new 6 states will have houses of chiefs to be made up of the remaining top monarchs in the zone. Any monarch not included will be considered irrelevant and derobed.

By this, agitations will reduce grossly to give government at each level chance to do its job. Also the unaccounted waste by the current 774 LGAs will stop. The FG by this arrangement sheds power, but not enough to make it irrelevant. By this also Biafra would have been given to my people, Niger Delta would have been given to SS and Odu'a would have been given to SW.

If you were President of Nigeria, the country will burn down within 48hrs. Everything you posited is rubbish.

Why visit a Tyrant?
Chief Terrorist and Grand Commander of the Fulani Supremacist Herdsmen Worldwide.

Like ABACHA....God would soon open his Case file..!

Confirm

If the president or the Gorvernment refuse to restructure the country, Then we Nigeria must restructure the country.

Omololu007:
what stop GEJ a man from the south south/Niger Delta from restructuring Nigeria when he was in power?

He was afraid of death

true. in as much as Buhari is a slowpoke he is right. after the so called restructuring, the same politicians go still dey in charge looting the rich regions, the poorer region residents would simply flee to Lagos,ogun,Ph, Delta. solves nothing

It true sir, it's all for selfish reasons

Only lazy pipu dat have nothing to offer are afraid of restructuring
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1) Buhari does not understand what is restructuring.... He just reads scripts given to him!

2) Good governance is more important than restructuring. If Buhari and his team were performing excellently with security, jobs, corruption, health and education. People will attack anyone calling for restructuring.

3) restructuring in itself doesn't mean much other than we reassessing the way we govern this country, in the hope that we come up with a better arrangement.

Buhari has failed! and must be jailed for the killings of innocent Nigerians daily under his watch!

What isn't selfish about this current system??

Bubu must go

Buhari knows even katsina can't survive restructuring, if they generate 6bn for a whole year. With federal civil servant at 1200, state civil servant at over 3000 state political office holders over 100 katsina would collapse after a year. Northern protectorate was so not feasible the brithish privatized them to royal British company (now UAC ltd) they still weren't sustainable they had to merge them with the south. If we restructure and the north goes back to been very broke, the south would be in big soup, with their youths resuming jihad and banditry polio, menagitis and other disease would liter the north. The through hero of one nigeria and democracy are the south south, whose resources has schooled millions provide drugs in our clinics pay our medical staffs. Thank you guys from bayelsa to alwa Ibom to rivers