Former Enugu State governor, Chimaroke Nnamani, has called for a Sovereign National Security Conference, noting that restructuring of Nigeria remained the only solution to the country’s existential crisis.
Nnamani, representing Enugu-East senatorial district in the National Assembly, argued that the country has always been a product of negotiations, right from the Berlin Conference of 1885.
According to a statement shared via his Twitter handle, @ChimarokeNamani yesterday, Nnamani stated: “To renegotiate Nigeria based on the original foundation laid down by her Founding Fathers. An initial tripodal formation, born of justice and political equanimity”.
According to him, “The present unitary structure is not workable as it excludes many ethnic nationalities in the country for a Sovereign National Conference of ethnic African nationalities that constitute the Nigerian State.
“Restructure Nigeria: Conference of Ethnic Nationalities. Nigeria, another product of the Berlin Conference Partition Experiment in 1884/1885 has been “structured and restructured “ever since, through the Amalgamation of the Colony of Lagos and Southern Protectorate in 1906; the Amalgamation of the Northern Protectorate and Southern Protectorate in 1914 and its affirmative constitution; the Constitution of Hugh Clifford in 1922 and Arthur Richards of 1946. Northern Nigeria demanded restructuring in the 40s, thus the Macpherson Constitution of 1951.
“Delineated the Federal House of Representatives seats 34, 34 and 68, East, West and North of Nigeria respectively. Earlier, Governor Bernard Bourdillon had confirmed and formalized the administrative structures of Eastern, Western and Northern Nigeria”.
