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Vp Osibanjo Is On Point But Wailers Will Never Learn Because Of There Hatred For This Administration, And They Will Die Of Wailing By 2019 Wen This Admin Is Been Elected Again. Longlive Nigeria

This administration is really trying it's best ND yet some people can't see the truth even when the flash is on

jayson87:
Talk with your sense. Atiku has been a rich man even before he came vice president

You mean from his many years as senior customs officer? Yes of course, but it’s the same illicit money.

Ihateyoumod:
Yh right....but buhari is smarter than u...

I thought you won't reply me anymore but see painment immediately i compared your wits to that of Buhari.

AnanseK:
You mean from his many years as senior customs officer? Yes of course, but it’s the same illicit money.

How did Osinbajo make his, from aiding and abating Tinubu in the colonization of Lagos

DelNifty:
VP Osinbajo really missed the point here about restructuring? Each region managing their resources and growing at their own pace will definitely make them sit tight, if the north had no free oil money they would definitely look for alternatives even in tourism and hold their leaders accountable and same is applicable to other regions. True federalism means the Government will only survive on tax & regulate the economy while the private provide jobs through investments. Please sir don't confuse us by diverting away from the essence of restructuring. Every one knows corruption is killing us even in your administration.

But the VP is in support of State controlling there resources, deepening Federal Fiscalism, he also stated without fear or favour the need for state policing which is contrary to the President position.

jayson87:
Talk with your sense. Atiku has been a rich man even before he came vice president

Yes for being custom officer

SoNature:
Let's not be fooled...no Nigeria’s president from the north will restructure Nigeria

I think the best bet is to vote for Buhari and endure for the next four years. Afterward, a southerner will restructure the country

A Nigeria's vice president is a nobody

Both how practicable is it to truly restructure the country with a dominant northern house of assembly and a federal constitution designed to favour the North.

veekid:
Osinbajo is no longer who we think he was

Though I concur totally with you.

But he is still intelligent. But an intelligent man collecting orders from a lifeless man.

If he had balls. He will just leave them and contest as a president and moughalu , the sahara guy or fela will second him.


But you know what they said about this place being a shit hole.

You know its a pipu that makes a place.


May God help us.

jayson87:
I thought you won't reply me anymore but see painment immediately i compared your wits to that of Buhari.

We disagree on this issue but we were able to come to an agreement that buhari is smarter than u. Let's leave d agreement that way...

TPAND:
Damn! Dude you don't have to do Ihateyoumod that way. This is wicked. More than he can earn in his lifetime

If it's my attention u want, y don't u just tell me....well u can't because u already know I don't have time for pple who received half baked education

veekid:
Osinbajo is no longer who we think he was

Even after reading what he has stated so far? Something is wrong somewhere.

jamesharryson:
I don't get the reply at all. Just tell ur oga to do quick and return to Daura soon.

Eyah. Go to school.

Mr. V.P. really got it... Atiku don play penalty go throwing....

jayson87:
Talk with your sense. Atiku has been a rich man even before he came vice president

I never no civil servants in Nigeria are meant to be super very rich... Atiku was a civil servant, (retired customer officer) before he became the vice president... now the question is, what made him super rich... just wondering why he is being called a thief. Sometimes I wonder if Nigerians want to be governed well, when I see comments like this.

This man really know what he is saying,,,full of wisdom

fergie001:
Prof...Atiku can be anything but from what I read,you were trying to bamboozle us with semantics and rhetorics.....

Geographical,superficial,physical or whatever....which ones have you guys implemented?
Your government Sir,seems to tie everything to corruption...which I must admit sets us back as a nation,...Sir,is forgery corruption?Where is Oke and Babachir Lawal?Adeosun?Sir,where is Maina?
Most of the time,when you pontificate,you make reasonable people laugh because whereby there is a sleaze in "that rock", the administration now places you as its poster boy for anti-corruption because of your faith and academic standing....Since this administration started,the normally jovial and more eloquent,media-trending Fashola has taken the back seat....its for a reason...
I listened to Tinubu and yourself in Lagos in 2015 during the campaigns where you guys publicly spelt out for restructuring....these ones you are now saying and quoting what you have done in the past, are you Mourinho?
With all due respect Prof.....

Some of you are either educated illiterates or have very low IQ.

From the piece, he obviously confirmed that certain Constitutional provisions have already granted autonomous powers to States, to enable them actualize some of the things restructuring seeks to achieve, as seen in the case of Lagos. However, good governance and fiscal federalism are more important. All arms of government must imbibe these for the good of Nigerians.

SolutionMee:


Spoilt brat. Is that how to approach an elder? Can you approach Adeboye in a similar manner? It's a shame that this man just sacrificed his integrity for nothing.

Lol.. You clearly couldn't fault the VP's clarifications. How did he insult Atiku? Just go and kill yourself, it obvious you won't be able to stand this government for another four years..

fyneguy:
Some of you are either educated illiterates or have very low IQ.

From the piece, he obviously confirmed that certain Constitutional provisions have already granted autonomous powers to States, to enable them actualize some of the things restructuring seeks to achieve, as seen in the case of Lagos. However, good governance and fiscal federalism are more important. All arms of government must imbibe these for the good of Nigerians.

You can make your point without insulting...
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Waakanda:
Counter argument coming soon.

I will deactivate my Nairaland acccount if Atiku can successfully counter this punch from the VP

drlateef:
Even after reading what he has stated so far? Something is wrong somewhere.

Something is definitely wrong bro...

presidency:
Letter To The Editor, Premium Times, By Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON, Vice President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria (Sept 4, 2018)

RE: Osinbajo Got It Wrong On Restructuring - Atiku

Dear Editor,

Kindly permit me a response to a piece in your publication, titled “Osinbajo got it wrong on Restructuring,” written, we are told, by my illustrious predecessor in office, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

First, let me say that I really would have expected Alhaji Abubakar to at least get the full text of my comments before his public refutal of my views. But I understand; we are in that season where everything is seen as fair game! He quoted me as saying that “the problem with our country is not a matter of restructuring… and we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into the argument that our problems stem from some geographic re-structuring”.

Yes, I said so.

As the quote shows, I rejected the notion that geographical restructuring was a solution to our national problems. Geographical restructuring is either taking us back to regional governments or increasing the number of States that make up the Nigerian federation.

As we all may recall, the 2014 National Conference actually recommended the creation of 18 more States. And I argued that, with several States struggling or unable to pay salaries, any further tinkering with our geographical structure would not benefit us.

We should rather ask ourselves why the States are underperforming, revenue and development wise. I gave the example of the Western Region (comprising even more than what is now known as the South West Zone), where, without oil money, and using capitation tax and revenues from agriculture and mining, the government funded free education for over 800,000 pupils in 1955, built several roads, farm settlements, industrial estates, the first TV station in Africa, and the tallest building in Nigeria, while still giving up fifty percent of its earnings from mining and minerals for allocation to the Federal Government and other regions.

I then argued that what we required now was not geographical restructuring but good governance, honest management of public resources, deeper fiscal Federalism, and a clear vision for development.

On the issue of deeper fiscal Federalism or restructuring, I explained how the then Lagos State Government, led by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, decided to fight for greater autonomy of States.

As Attorney-General at the time, it was my duty and privilege to lead the legal team against the then Federal government, in our arguments at the Supreme Court. I am sure that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar would remember these cases on greater autonomy for States that I cite below, as he was Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the time.

At the Supreme Court, we won several landmark decisions on restructuring Nigeria through deeper fiscal federalism, some of which our late converts to the concept, now wish to score political points on.

It was our counter-claims alongside those of other littoral States, that first addressed so comprehensively the issue of resource control. We agreed with the oil producing States that they had a right to control their resources. We argued, though unsuccessfully, that the Ports of Lagos were also a resource, which should enable Lagos State, in the worst case, to be paid the derivation percentage for proceeds of its natural resources. Years later, we also filed an action at the Supreme Court arguing that the Value Added Tax, being a consumption tax, should exclusively belong to the States.

On the issue of who, between the Federal and State governments, should have authority to grant building permits and other development control permits, the Supreme Court, by a slim majority, ruled in our favour. It held that, even with respect to federal land, States had exclusive authority to grant building or other developments control permits.

In 2004, we created 37 new local governments in Lagos State. We believed that we had a Constitutional right to do so and that in any event, a State should have a right to create its own administrative units. Several other States joined us and created theirs.

The Federal government’s response was to seize the funds meant for our local governments, thus strangulating States like Lagos, which had created new local governments. We challenged this at the Supreme Court. The court held that the President had no right under the Constitution to withhold or seize funds meant for the States. The allocations were not a gift of the Federal Government to the States. They were the Constitutional right of the States and local governments.

The court also agreed that States had a Constitutional right to create local governments, pursuant to section 8 of the Constitution, but that the creation remained inchoate until the National Assembly, by resolution, amended the existing list of local governments to capture the newly created LGs.

In response, we created by State Law, Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), to accommodate the newly created Local Government Councils until such a time as the National Assembly would complete the process. But the Lagos State Government took up the challenge to re-engineer its revenue service, making it autonomous. With innovative management, tax collection in Lagos became more efficient, and tax revenues continued to grow geometrically. Today, the State earns more IGR than 30 States of Nigeria put together!

Further, we contested the attempts of the then Federal Government to create supervisory authority over the Finances of Local Governments by the signing into law of the Monitoring of Revenue Allocation to Local Governments Act, 2005. The Supreme Court also ruled in our favour, striking down many provisions of the law that sought to give the Federal government control over local government funding.

I have been an advocate, both in court and outside, of fiscal Federalism and stronger State Governments. I have argued in favour of State Police, for the simple reason that policing is a local function. You simply cannot effectively police Nigeria from Abuja. Only recently, in my speech at the Anniversary of the Lagos State House of Assembly, I made the point that stronger, more autonomous States would more efficiently eradicate poverty. So I do not believe that geographical restructuring is an answer to Nigeria’s socio economic circumstances. That would only result in greater administrative costs. But there can be no doubt that we need deeper fiscal Federalism and good governance.

Alhaji Atiku’s concept of restructuring is understandably vague, because he seeks to cover every aspect of human existence in that definition. He says it means a “cultural revolution”. Of course, he does not bother to unravel this concept. He says we need a structure that gives everyone an opportunity to work, a private sector driven economy. Yes, I agree. These are critical pillars of our Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), including our Ease of Doing Business Programme.

If, however, this is what he describes as restructuring, then it is clear that he has mixed up all the issues of good governance and diversification of the economy with the argument on restructuring.

Good governance involves, inter alia, transparency and prudence in public finance. It involves social justice, investing in the poor, and jobs for young people; which explains our School Feeding Programme, providing a meal a day to over 9 million public school children in 25 States as of today. Our NPower is now employing 500,000 graduates; our TraderMoni that will be giving microcredit to 2 million petty traders; our Conditional Cash Transfers giving monthly grants to over 400,000 of the poorest in Nigeria. The plan is to cover a million households.

Surprisingly, Alhaji Atiku leaves out the elephant in the room – corruption. And how grand corruption, fueled by a rentier economic structure that benefits those who can use political positions or access to either loot the treasury or get favorable concessions to enrich themselves. This was a main part of my presentations the Minnesota Town Hall meeting.

In arguing for good governance, I made the point that our greatest problem was corruption. I pointed out that grand corruption, namely the unbelievable looting of the treasury by simply making huge cash withdrawals in local and foreign currency, was the first travesty that President Buhari stopped.

I showed the OPEC figures from oil revenues since 1990. In four years from 2010 to 2014 the PDP government earned the highest oil revenues in Nigeria’s history, USD381.9billion. By contrast the Buhari Administration has earned USD121 billion from May 2015 to June 2018, less than 1/3 of what Jonathan Administration earned at the same period in that administration’s life. Despite earning so much less, we are still able to invest more in infrastructure than any government in Nigeria’s history. The difference is good governance, and fiscal prudence.

In the final analysis, restructuring in whatever shape or form, will not mean much if our political leaders see public resources as an extension of their bank accounts.

This, I believe, is the real issue.

"" while still giving up fifty percent of its earnings from mining and minerals for allocation to the Federal Government and other regions.""

lying pastor.

Very good explanation.
Now we want Full Autonomy of Policing, Resources finding and expending, finding their own citizens, in all Local, States and Federal Representations and contributing uniformly to the running of The Federal Government for Foreign Affairs Duties only.
Anything to prevent further future invasion of any State by The Fulanis.

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In the final analysis, restructuring in whatever shape or form, will not mean much if our political leaders see public resources as an extension of their bank accounts.

Now, this is what i call finishing. Atiku will regret the day he was badly advised to publicly engage Osinbajo in an intellectual debate.

mekuslogan:
A "sophisticated" professor serving under an illiterate is half baked. Now I know why he is a "professor" without a PhD.

Is that what you get from the article?

Hate has eaten into your soul you Wawa pig!

And buhari is not an illiterate.

what a shame. ppl do not even read post before they comment on it.

SolutionMee:


Spoilt brat. Is that how to approach an elder? Can you approach Adeboye in a similar manner? It's a shame that this man just sacrificed his integrity for nothing.

integrity to you would have been for him to keep quiet while he was being quoted out of context? Some of you have just defied every rational approach of being refined. You could not make anything out of the germane issues he raised to keep his position in the proper perspective. It is really worrisome.

"Restructuring in whatever shape or form, will not mean much if our political leaders see public resources as an extension of their bank accounts"....Osinbajo 2018

jayson87:
Talk with your sense. Atiku has been a rich man even before he came vice president

as a custom officer,
Don't open thief atiku yansh oo.

jayson87:
How did Osinbajo make his, from aiding and abating Tinubu in the colonization of Lagos

that is why VP said good governance is the answer and to stop corruption is the first thing.