Traditional rulers and Civil Society Organiations in the Niger Delta region
have demanded for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria.
The people
of the region slammed the national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC,
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, for feigning ignorance of the term ‘restructuring.’
The groups, Niger Delta Security Watch Organization of
Nigeria, NDSWN, Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, and Foundation for
Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, led by Bekederemo Dickson,
Austin Ozobo and Alawoei Cleric, respectively, in a statement, said the only
alternative to restructuring was separation.
On his
part, a royal father in the Niger Delta region, Dr. Chukwumela Nnam-Obi, II,
the Oba of Ogbaland, said that restructuring was the recipe that would ensure
unity and the development of every part of the country.
The rights
groups in a joint statement declared that, “We read with shock, the outburst by
the APC National Chairman, Odigie-Oyegun, saying that APC is not in support of
restructuring of Nigeria. It is imperative to note that Nigeria is bigger than
APC, Odigie-Oyegun and that their position will not really determine the
divisibility of Nigeria.
“Whether
APC manifesto supports restructuring or not, it does not matter. What matters
is the wishes of generalities of Nigerians. We want to state here that the quest
for restructuring this structurally defective country back to the very
political structure at independent is beyond Odigie-Oyegun and his party.
“It is a
political tsunami that no man can stop with rhetoric or appeal to sentiment.
The alternative to restructuring of this country to the very structure at
independent upon, which our unity and indivisibility was built is separation by
any means necessary.
“In the very words of lBB, it is an ideal that has come to
stay. Those who are opposed to restructuring will live to regret their ill
informe decisions. The claim that APC is
about providing food for Nigerians and not restructuring falls below
expectation. We are constrained to inform Odigie-Oyegun and his APC that what
Nigerians desire urgently are justice, fairness and equality. These can only be
actualized through restructuring.
“We want
Nigeria to be a true federal state with six autonomous regions. Each of the
regions contributing equally to a common pulse as it was in our independent
constitution of 1960.
“Again, we
equally disagree with Junaid Mohammed of his uninformed position of no
restructuring of this lopsided Nigeria state. We are not surprised to hear this
from the likes of Junaid Mohammed, who is from a region that is benefiting from
the defective federal structure at the detriment of other regions.”
The people of the region slammed the national chairman of All Progressives
Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, for feigning ignorance of the term
‘restructuring.’
The
groups, Niger Delta Security Watch Organization of Nigeria, NDSWN, Ijaw People
Development Initiative, IPDI, and Foundation for Human Rights and
Anti-Corruption Crusade, FHRACC, led by Bekederemo Dickson, Austin Ozobo and
Alawoei Cleric, respectively, in a statement, said the only alternative to
restructuring is separation.
On his
part, a royal father in the Niger Delta region, Dr. Chukwumela Nnam-Obi, II,
the Oba of Ogbaland, said that restructuring was the recipe that would ensure
unity and the development of every part of the country.
The rights
groups in a joint in a statement stated that, “We read with shock, the outburst
by the APC National Chairman, Odigie-Oyegun, saying that APC is not in support
of restructuring of Nigeria. It is imperative to note that Nigeria is bigger
than APC, Odigie-Oyegun and that their position will not really determine the
divisibility of Nigeria.
“Whether
APC manifesto supports restructuring or not, it does not matter. What matters
is the wishes of generalities of Nigerians. We want to state here that the
quest for restructuring this structurally defective country back to the very
political structure at independent is beyond Odigie-Oyegun and his party.
“It is a
political tsunami that no man can stop with rhetoric or appeal to sentiment.
The alternative to restructuring of this country to the very structure at independent
upon, which our unity and indivisibility was built is separation by any means
necessary.
“In the
very words of lBB, it is an ideal that has come to stay. Those who are opposed
to restructuring will live to regret their ill informed decisions. The claim
that APC is about providing food for Nigerians and not restructuring falls
below expectation. We are constrained to inform Odigie-Oyegun and his APC that
what Nigerians desire urgently are justice, fairness and equality. These can
only be actualized through restructuring.
“We want
Nigeria to be a true federal state with six autonomous regions. Each of the
regions contributing equally to a common pulse as it was in our independent
constitution of 1960.
“Again, we equally disagree with Junaid Mohammed of his uninformed position of
no restructuring of this lopsided Nigeria state. We are not surprised to hear
this from the likes of Junaid Mohammed, who is from a region that is benefiting
from the defective federal structure at the detriment of other regions.”
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