Tag: Restructuring

‘Nigeria risks disintegration without urgent full scale restructuring’ – Anyaoku

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Anyaoku on restructuring

Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and Chairman of the Eminent Patriots of Nigeria, a group of elder statesmen seeking a review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Emeka Anyaoku, has called on Nigeria to adopt a full-scale restructuring of the country now or risk disintegration in future. He also called for adoption of State Police, saying over 614,937 persons have lost their lives due to insecurity in the last two years Presenting a communiqué after a three-day seminar organised by the Patriots, Anyaoku said, ”the Patriots are very…

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Restructuring: Northern minorities demand South, Middle-Belt, North regions

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Restructuring demands

Northern minority ethnic nationalities, under the auspices of Coalition of Indigenous Middle-Belt Organisations, (CIMBO), have risen from a two-day maiden conference in Kaduna, calling for restructuring of Nigeria into three regions, namely, South, Middle-Belt and North. The ethnic nationalities also demanded that the current 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) should be rewritten, saying that, restructuring and enactment of a new peoples constitution is the panacea to peace and development of Nigeria. A communiqu issued at the end of the two-day conference, which had as its…

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Costly Presidential System: “Restructure Nigeria to regional govt.”, Catholic Bishops urges Tinubu

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Catholic Bishops

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) on Sunday, called for a return to regional government, noting that 25 years of a presidential system was not beneficial to the country. The bishops, who stated this at the opening ceremony of the ‘2nd CBCN Plenary’ meeting in Auchi, Edo State, decried the alarming rate of corruption in Nigeria, as well,as the huge debt burden, which they said could be cleared by stolen monies stashed away by politicians in foreign countries, and the issue of hunger in the land. President of CBCN,…

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Democracy Day: “North is now ready for restructuring” – LibertyTV panel

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LibertyTV on restructuring

…Says the only thing keeping Nigeria together is crude oil Some panel members of LibertyTV flagship current affairs programme: ‘Democracy in Practice‘, has lamented the Governments under this dispensation is addicted at all levels bloating the cost of governance and leading to colossal waste of resources that should channelled for development. According to a member of the panel, Dr. Fapohunda, the only thing that is keeping Nigeria together is crude oil. Also, a member of the  LibertyTV panel, Hon. Balarabe Kakaleon, said the North is now not afraid of restructuring. Recall…

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New administration: ‘Tinubu must first restructure Nigeria now’ – Yoruba Council of Elders

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The Yoruba Council of Elders, (YCE), yesterday, urged the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to take a decisive position to restructure Nigeria, saying it will give the country renewed strength in all aspects. The YCE, in an issued statement yesterday by its Secretary-General, Chief Oladipo Oyewole, also urged Tinubu to put the right people to manage different departments of government in a goal-oriented manner. The statement reads: The Yoruba Council of Elders rejoice with all Nigerians for the continued peaceful atmosphere leading into the peaceful transition and change of…

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Restructuring: ‘Nigeria must revert to 1963 Constitution, give 80% revenue to States’ El-Rufa’i

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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufa’i, has advocated a restructuring of the sharing formula of Nigerias revenue in favour of States. El-Rufa’i, who made his position known during a policy and book presentation in Abuja by a Director of the Carnegie Africa Programme, Dr. Zainab Usman, said if the revenue-sharing formula is reversed to 20 percent for the Federal Government and 80 percent for States, the Federal Government will then relinquish most of its current responsibilities to the States. According to him, the new formula will be the only way citizens…

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“Only N’Assembly can address restructuring, true federalism” – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday broke his silence over the contentious issues of restructuring and true federalism/devolution of power saying they are constitutional issues which only the National Assembly can handle. He, however, stressed his belief in devolving more power to the people. President Buhari spoke while receiving in audience members of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council, (NIREC), led by Co-Chairmen, Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alh. Muhammad Saad Abubakar III and President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), His Eminence, Rev. Dr. Samson Supo Ayokunle, at the State House, Abuja. On…

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‘Nigeria needs political restructuring, not break-up’ Minister

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government is not overwhelmed by the security challenges in the country. He stated this yesterday, while addressing a press conference in Lagos. Mohammed said the countrys security personnel have been subjected to mindless attacks by gunmen to instill fear and create a sense of insecurity. Any attack on our security men and women is an attack on the state and a declaration of war against the nation, he said. The minister said the federal government is working on a…

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‘Nigeria must re-structure now to avoid boycott of 2023 elections’ – Nwodo

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The former president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, John Nwodo, has stated that Nigeria must re-structure to avoid a boycott of the 2023 elections. The warning was given by a two-time minister, Nwodo at the 17th Gani Fawehinmi Annual Lecture organised by the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA), in Lagos, on Friday. The event, themed:The Constitutional History of Nigerias Dysfunction: Any pathway to indivisibility and common progress?,was attended by Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, amongst others. Nwodo said things worked better under the regional…

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PIB: Lawyers advocate restructuring of petroleum ministry

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Abuja-based lawyers, Messrs Pelumi Olajengbesi and Henry Kelechukwu, have appealed to the National Assembly (NASS) to ensure that the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), 2020 was tailored to strengthen the policy arm of the petroleum industry and the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. The lawyers made the appeal in a memorandum on the PIB they jointly signed and addressed to the Senate Committee on Gas Resources in Abuja on Wednesday. Olajengbesi and Kelechukwu, both Senior partners at the Law Corridor, an Abuja-based law firm, stated that the bill should be properly…

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