President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Prof George Obiozor, has stated that restructuring does not pose a threat to Nigeria’s unity.
Prof. Obiozor, while described restructuring as a national blessing had said on Friday.
“Restructuring is not a threat to national unity; rather, it is a very dynamic thing in a dynamic institution of a nation state, where new things are generated and new ideologies evolve as you expand.
In truth, every intelligent and progressive country considers restructuring as it develops. In the case of Nigeria, it will aid in the formation of a more ideal federation or union, with less strife and more cooperation.”
He said if Nigerians had taken to 2014 National Conference, most problems faced by the country today would have been solved. “If we had taken time to look at restructuring, we should have actually taken more from the 2014 National Conference to lessen the conflicts that exist in this country, whether it is in our fiscal federalism, political or boundary issues particularly in revenue sharing. It is absolutely a problem federations solve very easily. Unfortunately all matters in Nigeria are over politicised.”
On Nnamdi Kanu, he said that though President Muhammadu Buhari was right when he said that the case was in court, he however urged the president to apply his prerogative of mercy on the case. “The president said that the matter is in the court and you cannot fault that one. If he says he does not want to interfere in the function of the judiciary, there is division of labour at Federal level where judiciary is independent, so, he is technically right in thinking that the case is already on. We are asking for something different from the judiciary and we are asking for him to consider his prerogative of mercy which is his own prerogative.
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