Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme ( NHIS), has described restructuring as a "big nonsense" which politicians plan to use to carve out their empires. There have been calls and agitation for restructuring, which will grant more powers to the regions. Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, anchored his [...]
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Sunday May 24th was the 54th Anniversary of the Promulgation of decree number 34 by Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi Ironsi (3rd March 1924- 29th July 1966). Few people remembered. It was the decree that transferred all the autonomous power of the four regions then to the centre. The regions then were Northern Region, Eastern Region, Western Region and [...]
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria will not make any progress if the country is not restructured. Obasanjo, who spoke on Friday at the year’s edition of the Sobo Sowemimo annual lecture organised by Abeokuta Club, said insecurity is one issue common to all regions and no part of the country is safe from the menace. He said the way forward is restructuring, [...]
John Nwodo, president-general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an Igbo socio-cultural group, has warned that delay in restructuring Nigeria and amending its constitution is a threat to the country's unity. Nwodo spoke during a BBC Igbo programme, which held on Tuesday to commemorate Odumegwu Ojukwu's Biafra declaration that plunged Nigeria into nearly three years of civil war. Addressing talks bordering on how the current 1999 [...]
Olusegun Mimiko, former governor of Ondo state, says Nigeria's politics is monetised. Mimiko spoke at the opening ceremony of the birthday celebration of Odia Ofeimun, a poet. Themed "Taking Nigeria Seriously: A Conference In Honour of Odia Ofeimun", the event held at the University of Lagos, on Monday. Commenting on Ofeimun's foray into politics, he said Nigeria's politics is monetised and sadly, there [...]
Were you as disgusted as I was on Monday when the Cross River house of assembly voted against confirming Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive chief judge of the state for purely ethnic reasons? In the wisdom of the state lawmakers, Ikpeme had to be rejected because — and I am not joking! — she is “naturally” from “rival” Akwa [...]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the country must address the issue of restructuring in order to prevent a serious problem. Obasanjo said this at the first memorial lecture Fredrick Fasehun, founder Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), in Lagos state, on Saturday. The elder statesman, who added that the country could not afford another war, said he would keep fighting for the country until [...]
Tanko Yakasai, a founding member of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) , says there has been no significant change in Nigeria since APC took over power. Yakasai spoke on Tuesday when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme. Giving his assessment of Nigeria during the 59th independence anniversary, the elder statesman said the nation has not progressed. "What I am saying is [...]
BY AUSTIN EMADUKU Nigeria is standing on the edge of a dangerous cliff. It is just a matter of time before it tips over. Rather than the current emotional and politically driven call for a “Revolution”, we all really need to calmly analyse and situate the cause(s) of our problems. In any case, a revolution without a vanguard is a recipe [...]
Ayo Adebanjo, a leader of Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political organisation, says President Muhammadu Buhari is a civilian autocrat disguising under the guise of a democrat. In an interview with Tribune, the elder statesman said the power Buhari enjoys is preventing him from changing the constitution to suit the current demands of the country. He also said Buhari has not been active in solving [...]
Segun Adeniyi, chairman of THISDAY editorial board, says Nigeria is living on borrowed time. Speaking on Wednesday, Adeniyi said oil earnings are already not enough to meet recurrent expenditure and things may get worse for many states in the country. The 'Power, Politics and Death' author made this statement at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre. "The reality is [...]
BY ILIYASU GADU The take off point for this article is on the call by Professor Itse Sagay, Presidential Adviser on Action against Corruption (PACAC), on the North to desist from its negative stance against the trending calls for the restructuring of the country. Last week perhaps in response to that ,His Royal Highness Lamido Sanusi Lamido, the Emir of Kano at [...]
Edwin Clark, convener of Pan-Niger Delta Forum, has taken a swipe at those who said he and other south-south group collected money to endorse Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex Igbo socio-cultural group; Afenifere, a socio-cultural organization of the Yoruba, Middle Belt Forum (MBF) are among the five groups which endorsed Atiku last [...]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Igbo will not gain anything if Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is elected. The ruling party said this in reaction to the endorsement of Atiku by Ohaneze Ndigbo. The Anambra state government has since distanced itself from the endorsement of the PDP candidate. Speaking with journalists on Friday at the party's [...]
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, says the north is ready for restructuring and the region would be its biggest beneficiary. The governor said this on Wednesday in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state, while delivering a keynote address at a colloquium organised to mark the 80th birthday anniversary of Bisi Akande, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). El-Rufai said the northern [...]
Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader, says restructuring the country will force states to look for means to be viable. Clark said this when the Christian Campaigners of Nigeria (CCN) paid him a courtesy visit at the weekend. The elder statesman said the need to survive will make the states think out of the box. Commenting on the alleged lopsided appointments of the [...]
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