Tag: Nigeria's restructuring

2023: Nigeria Labour Congress calls for restructuring

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The Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has called for restructuring that would bring good governance, sustainable development and social justice as the country approaches the 2023 general election and beyond. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said this at the ‘2022 Workers Political Conference’, with the theme: “Commitment to National Emancipation and Development through Effective Political Engagement by Workers“, which was held on Wednesday, in Abuja. According to Wabba, the Conference seeks to set the Labour Agenda as a guide to our affiliates and workers and for engagement with Nigeria’s political class…

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“There may be constitutional crisis if Nigeria fails to restructure before 2023 polls” — Ohanaeze Ndigbo chieftain, Nwodo warns

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The immediate-past President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has warned that Nigeria might run into a constitutional crisis if it fails to restructure before the 2023 general election as some sections of the country might boycott the polls as a result of the growing dissatisfaction in the land. Nwodo, who spoke while delivering a pre-convocation lecture marking the 27th/28th convocation of the Abia State University, Uturu, said that only restructuring could guarantee Nigeria’s continued unity. The former Information Minister insisted that ”Nigeria must restructure to give its component…

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Nigeria must be restructured before any ‘fraudulent election in 2023’ – Afenifere insists

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The Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has said Nigeria has to be substantially restructured before any “fraudulent elections might be held in 2023”. The Acting Leader of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, took this position while addressing a press conference at Wheat Baker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday. The elder statesman, who restated Afenifere’s position ahead of the 2023 election, said the response of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to what he termed ‘the equitable demands for restructuring’, in order to restore Nigeria to its roots and original agreements, shall go a long…

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2023: ‘Only restructuring will end bad leadership in Nigeria’ – Arewa Youth

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…Group rules out supporting any candidate above 60-yrs The frontline group of youth in Northern Nigeria, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF), has submitted that Nigeria will keep producing leaders who have nothing to offer unless the country is restructured. This is just as the group ruled out supporting any candidate above 60 years ahead of the 2023 general elections, saying it will pitch a tent for a younger candidate. President of the AYCF, Ambassador Yerima Shettima, disclosed this while addressing a press conference over the weekend in Kaduna. Shettima noted…

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“2023 elections may be disrupted if we don’t restructure Nigeria now” – ex-Ohanaeze chieftain, Nwodo

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Former president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, says the delay in restructuring the country may lead to a mass boycott or disruption of the 2023 elections. Speaking during the 14th Anthony Cardinal Okogie Foundation’s annual lecture, themed: ‘Whither Nigeria: Restructuring, Secession or Status Quo’, organised by Knights of St. John International and Ladies Auxiliary, Nwodo said restructuring is needed for the unity and development of the country. He said the independence and post-independence constitution were anchored on regional differences, which gave each region a preference to develop along with its…

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‘Nigeria’s unity negotiable’ — Kingibe

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Nigeria’s envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad basin region, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe, says the unity of the country is negotiable. Speaking at a newspapers award ceremony in Lagos on Saturday, the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF), said even the union between a husband and wife is negotiable. However, he cautioned the separatist agitators that the land they reside in would not be carved out and taken to anywhere else if the country breaks up. “I was born in Nigeria; I was groomed in Nigeria. I…

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State of the nation: ’No restructuring, no 2023 General Elections’ - NADECO threatens

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The National Democratic Coalition, (NADECO), has said it will not endorse any election conducted based on the 1999 Constitution, as every institution and action taken under the document remains illegal. Spokesperson for the organisation, Ayo Opadokun, who stated this in a television programme in Lagos, yesterday, said without restructuring, there was no need to hold the 2023 elections and that those who hold the contrary view were pretenders. According to him, “Anyone saying there must be an election in 2023 before we can talk about restructuring is speaking on a…

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Yoruba group begins media mobilisation for abolition of 1999 Constitution

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A Yoruba self-acclaimed intelligentsia group, ‘Voice of Reason Advocacy for Social Development Foundation’, otherwise known as VOR, has launched a grassroots campaign to sensitise its people on the need to unanimously support the campaign for the abolition of the 1999 Constitution in order to pave way for a regional referendum where the people will vote to decide on their nationhood. The group, comprising of Yoruba elders said they initiated the move to let the Yoruba people know that the major factor responsible for under-development and misgovernance brouhaha in Yoruba land…

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Nigeria’s unity should be negotiated, Says Atiku

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Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has said that Nigeria’s unity, like every other relationship, is negotiable which can always be negotiated. Atiku, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, (PDP), in the 2019 General Election, made the remark at the launch of a book, titled: “Remaking Nigeria: sixty years, sixty voices,” a compendium of sixty essays written by sixty different authors from different sectors, which treated various aspects of Nigeria’s existence, while also questioning the values the country has passed through since independence. Speaking as the chairman of the event…

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Restructure or dissolve Nigeria now! – New Ohaneze Ndi-Igbo President

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The new Ohaneze Ndi Igbo President, Prof (Amb), George Obiozor, has advocated for the restructuring of the country or allow it to dissolve. According to the Ohaneze president, “Most of the Diasporans here live in Europe, can you show me one multi-ethnic state in Europe where one group is positioned to dominate the rest that hasn’t broken up? The new Ohaneze Ndi Igbo President added that, “For those who may not know, what you call ethnic groups in Nigeria are called nations in Europe. There’s nowhere in the world where the…

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