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The South is divided between two camps: those in support of restructuring and those in support of secession/separation. The former camp is busy fighting secessionists and are not even prepared for the restructuring they are talking about.
All which Buhari is doing is to prepare his people for restructuring.

Give it to the North, they get what they want at every turn while the South do the talking.
Most radical ideas that had shaped Nigeria’s political landscape often originated from the South only to be perfected to advantage by the North.

For instance, while the South championed the struggle for independence, the North acted like she wasn’t ready and would rather remain under British domination. But from when the British lowered the Union Jack, it was the North that had dominated the South and still do.

Another is the idea of military coup. It was actually Southern officers that executed Nigeria’s first military coup before the North perfected the art of coup plotting and used it to entrench Northern domination.

Almost all successful coups in Nigeria were hatched and executed by Northern officers from 1966 to date. Again, Nigeria started well on federalism until some group of Southerners introduce unitary government.

The North shouted ‘Araba’ the Hausa translation for ‘separation’ and insisted on true federalism. But as soon as it seized power in the counter coup of 1966, it jettisoned true federalism and perfected unitarianism to her advantage.

Today, it is the South who destroyed federalism that is shouting true federalism. Take again the question of constitutional democracy. This is a concept alien to both Islam and the oligarchy.

While the South talks plenty of democracy, the North which only reluctantly embraced democracy perfected the act of shaping democracy to its own advantage. Because the North understands that democracy is a game of numbers they made sure they have the numbers and a population they can easily manipulate and control.

They control their population with illiteracy and religion and make no apology for it. One can go on and on to list how the North beat the South at all times in its game.

Whether as a friend or a foe you must understand your opponent so as to engage properly. The inability of the South to read the North is one of her biggest albatrosses.
Fast track to the current issue of restructuring, another idea currently advanced by the South as a remedy to save Nigeria from disintegration.

The Southern proponents of restructuring believe that Nigeria is not functioning properly because the centre is saddled with too many responsibilities and powers.
Restructuring means devolving more powers to the States.

Despite the clarity of this concept, somehow the North pretends it does not understand what restructuring is all about.
To get the South busy with talking, they pretend that restructuring will put her at a disadvantage or to say the least that it is an agenda to dismember Nigeria.
For these reasons, many Southerners have wrongly convinced themselves that the North will never give in to restructuring whereas the North in actual fact is getting ready for restructuring and once again intends to perfect it to their advantage.

The import of this article is to warn the South to get ready and prepare for restructuring.
The British who merged the North and South together has not abandoned the reason for the merger.

They remain very sympathetic to the North hence Western leaders like Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and John Kerry had at various times tutored the Northern leaders on how to reorganize the Region for a post oil economy.

Between 2015 and 2016,
the US Institute for Peace had held series of strategy sessions strictly for Northern leaders on how best to prepare and re-energize the region for a post oil economy.

The sessions agreed that restructuring is inevitable without which even the North will not survive.

The sessions harped on what the vulnerabilities of the Northern Region would be when restructuring occurs and more importantly how to ensure that such vulnerabilities are dealt with well before restructuring.
One major vulnerability is the fact that the North is landlocked hence they were advised that the Region would need alternative international trade access routes that do not depend on the South.

This explains why President Buhari commenced building the ongoing high-speed railway lines designed to connect with the Niger Republic’s supply and logistics systems.

They were also advised that they needed to be independent of the South for Petroleum Products hence they went ahead with the project of building a completely new modern Refinery in Daura, Katsina State.

The Daura Refinery is purposely built to refine crude oil coming in from Niger Republic.
The choice of Daura as a location is to reduce the cost of pipelines, as piping to the Kaduna Refinery would have been very expensive.
Daura shares a common border with Niger Republic.

Another major vulnerability is the fact that a significant proportion of Nigeria’s power generation and infrastructure is located in the South.
It was suggested that the North would need to rebalance power generation, if it was to industrialize.

It is therefore not surprising that contracts have been awarded to pipe gas from the South to pass through Ajaokuta to Abuja, Kaduna, and Kano (AKK) where three Thermal Stations will be built in each of the three cities with capacity to generate 4,500MW of electricity.

While at the face value this project may appear good for Nigeria which can now export excess electricity to other African Countries, the main objective however is to make the North electricity sufficient, and under restructuring will make the South to pay charges for passing power from  any of the Thermal Stations.

The North is also investing heavily in agriculture with a view to be in a position to not just feed her population but to export food to the South and other African Countries.
Only the South can solve its problem with regards to food.
A lot can be learnt from Israel if it must readdress the food imbalance.

To boost agriculture, President Buhari did what no other government in Nigeria has been able to do.

He closed the land borders, and presented farmers with a great windfall.
Massive incentives were provided to motivate Northern farmers.
Northern farmers, who work through Cooperatives, were provided with Machinery and low interest loans through the CBN and the Bank of Agriculture to help stabilize the level of growth in Agriculture.

I have taken time to reel out these few examples to debunk the laughable notion held by the South that the North will not give in to structuring.
That is far from the truth.
The North understands restructuring perfectly well and their vulnerabilities in case of restructuring.

The North is light years ahead of the South in their proactive preparations.
I support restructuring for the singular reason that it will make Nigeria better than its current form.
It will bring government closer to the people, enhance development and ensure efficient and effective governance.

Rather than being emotional and wasting valuable time on empty rhetoric, the best legacy Southern leaders can leave behind is to put on their thinking caps and get to work.
They must use the opportunity of the current time to map out strategies that will rave and drive the economic and social development of the South post oil revenue.

The youth who are the future of tomorrow must understand that the future they symbolize and represent is now.

The only practical way they can be part of that future is to hold her elected political leaders accountable by making every single one of them and their families uncomfortable until the right things are done.

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Deep, truths

Lol what does north even think they are doing ...no matter the advantage they think they have all can be neutralized in 6 months

North can't stand south ...that's even if they want to ....
But not don't want to because education is not what they want to hear ....

I laugh at them planing jihad like it's 1850 ....15 strategic points in the north can be leveled by one man by pressing a single button

Human resources is the ultimate resources

Early child marriage should be restructured first. My opinion tho.

South is preparing for dissolution. The same north dat stood against it,in time passed.yes!

chatinent:
Early child marriage should be restructured first. My opinion tho.

Like NED and Regina ba

See Dem chestbeating up there, the north doesn't have your time.
you sleep with "NORTH" in your brain, you dream about the north all the time even while having sex, na north dey una head

Igbochief001:
Lol what does north even think they are doing ...no matter the advantage they think they have all can be neutralized in 6 months

North can't stand south ...that's even if they want to ....
But not don't want to because education is not what they want to hear ....

I laugh at them planing jihad like it's 1850 ....15 strategic points in the north can be leveled by one man by pressing a single button

Human resources is the ultimate resources

You're correct

Incontrovertible TRUTH.

decode:
The South is divided between two camps: those in support of restructuring and those in support of secession/separation. The former camp is busy fighting secessionists and are not even prepared for the restructuring they are talking about.
All which Buhari is doing is to prepare his people for restructuring

Here you made a very valid point!! Those who are echoing restructuring are not doing any single thing in that direction, some sheepishly believe they can change a constitution, where the population indices and every dynamics shows its a future impossible tense, cause the majority who will vote against that are those who are benefitting from the constitution.
And you forgot a 3rd selfish group of igbo presidency id1ocy, the Orji kalu's.. Etc.
One voice will synergise our aspirations, let's us support ourselves reasonably please.

Igbochief001:
Lol what does north even think they are doing ...no matter the advantage they think they have all can be neutralized in 6 months

North can't stand south ...that's even if they want to ....
But not don't want to because education is not what they want to hear ....

I laugh at them planing jihad like it's 1850 ....15 strategic points in the north can be leveled by one man by pressing a single button

Human resources is the ultimate resources

HMMMMMMMMM

THIS IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF OUR FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

HOW DOES ONE EXPECT THIS ONE TO STEER A SYSTEM OUT OF TROUBLE IF HE IS IN CHARGE .

WOW! NOW THIS IS COMING FROM A FUTURE LEADER

decode:
The South is divided between two camps: those in support of restructuring and those in support of secession/separation. The former camp is busy fighting secessionists and are not even prepared for the restructuring they are talking about.
All which Buhari is doing is to prepare his people for restructuring.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com

be specific,south or soithwest

Southerners should better wake up and smell the coffee.

Kyase:
Like NED and Regina ba

Regina is above 20.

NASTYNASOSO:
HMMMMMMMMM

THIS IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF OUR FAILED EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

HOW DOES ONE EXPECT THIS ONE TO STEER A SYSTEM OUT OF TROUBLE IF HE IS IN CHARGE .

WOW! NOW THIS IS COMING FROM A FUTURE LEADER

Nigeria can't work ...I have Annalised and found there is no practical way Nigeria can work ....

North game plan is to dominate south but they are too dumb to do that ...their ideas are just primitive at best

The sooner your likes accept n expect the war coming the better

Nice submission with hidden truth laid in the bare....Yoruba's are the ones giving room for all this, they've not separated they are already pointing to some people coming from elsewhere...we have so many traitors and betrayers amidst us that van sell their birthright for a morsel of food.
When some stupid people will tell you they recognised their religion before their tribe.
Those calling for the unity of the south are just wasting their time, let each fight for his/her own right.

Igbochief001:
Lol what does north even think they are doing ...no matter the advantage they think they have all can be neutralized in 6 months

North can't stand south ...that's even if they want to ....
But not don't want to because education is not what they want to hear ....

I laugh at them planing jihad like it's 1850 ....15 strategic points in the north can be leveled by one man by pressing a single button

Human resources is the ultimate resources

Don't forget that they already have zombies in droves, those who are ready to die, just tell them some people just abuse Mohammed..without asking, they are at your door...they are deliberately doing that for a reason as highlighted in the post

jayyem:
Don't forget that they already have zombies in droves, those who are ready to die, just tell them some people just abuse Mohammed..without asking, they are at your door...they are deliberately doing that for a reason as highlighted in the post

The world have moved pass that level .....a simple pressing of a button can wipe out 700k zombies

Dropping some chemicals in sambisa would have Boko Haram begging not to die

:morning infant divorce should be restructured first. My views ga.Like NED and Regina ba

decode:
The South is divided between two camps: those in support of restructuring and those in support of secession/separation. The former camp is busy fighting secessionists and are not even prepared for the restructuring they are talking about.
All which Buhari is doing is to prepare his people for restructuring.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com

Good write up. However all these would need a southerner to manage for them. There is a general understanding that north requires an affirmative action in developmental indices in order to catch up with the south which will take the next 100 years to be supposing the south halt developing.

Igbochief001:
The world have moved pass that level .....a simple pressing of a button can wipe out 700k zombies

Dropping some chemicals in sambisa would have Boko Haram begging not to die

That's also true

decode:
The South is divided between two camps: those in support of restructuring and those in support of secession/separation. The former camp is busy fighting secessionists and are not even prepared for the restructuring they are talking about.
All which Buhari is doing is to prepare his people for restructuring.

https://www.newtelegraphng.com

Off your mic.

Igbochief001:
Nigeria can't work ...I have Annalised and found there is no practical way Nigeria can work ....

North game plan is to dominate south but they are too dumb to do that ...their ideas are just primitive at best

The sooner your likes accept n expect the war coming the better

Indeed you have Anal-lised the issue quite anally.

And this one is still calling someone dumb.

The jokes now write themselves on this forum.

Lol, these are nothing but lofty utopian dreams that are far from reality. You guys should stop decieving yourselves. North is doing next to nothing aside entrenching nepotism and corruption.

They should first curtail unbridled procreation and massive illiteracy before anything else. They're the ones who are light years behind in every ramifications.

BLAISECAMPAORE:
Indeed you have Anal-lised the issue quite anally.

And this one is still calling someone dumb.

The jokes now write themselves on this forum.

Don't sweat d guy is an ass..hole

the south is full of double minded folks

Igbochief001:
Nigeria can't work ...I have Annalised and found there is no practical way Nigeria can work ....

North game plan is to dominate south but they are too dumb to do that ...their ideas are just primitive at best

The sooner your likes accept n expect the war coming the better

HMMMMMMMMM

YOU DID A LAZY ANALYSIS
HAVE YOU EVER IMAGINED WHY YOUR COUNTRY IS CALLED A 3RD WORLD ENTITY

NATION BUILDING TAKES TIME

ALL THOSE COUNTRIES YOU LOOK UP TO HAVE PASSED THROUGH MORE CRITICAL AND COMPLEX SCENERY THAN WHAT IS GOING ON IN NIGERIA YET THEY CAME THROUGH STRONGER AND BETTER DEVELOPED

YOUR TYPES HAVE NO FUTURE AND GIVE UP ON ANYTHING COMPLEX

INTELLIGENCE IS KEY IN PROBLEM SOLVING

NASTYNASOSO:
HMMMMMMMMM

YOU DID A LAZY ANALYSIS
HAVE YOU EVER IMAGINED WHY YOUR COUNTRY IS CALLED A 3RD WORLD ENTITY

NATION BUILDING TAKES TIME

ALL THOSE COUNTRIES YOU LOOK UP TO HAVE PASSED THROUGH MORE CRITICAL AND COMPLEX SCENERY THAN WHAT IS GOING ON IN NIGERIA YET THEY CAME THROUGH STRONGER AND BETTER DEVELOPED

YOUR TYPES HAVE NO FUTURE AND GIVE UP ON ANYTHING COMPLEX

INTELLIGENCE IS KEY IN PROBLEM SOLVING

Oya na smart one how can Nigeria develop ...give me a senerio

North has restructured since...they've been doing their things their way, using their resources fully on themselves. What they can't do is let us keep our own to ourselves; they still want to share the resources from the South with the South