Anyaoku says Jonathan’s confab failed to address restructuring issues

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary General of Commonwealth, has called for a true restructuring of Nigeria which will address Nigeria’s needs.

He said the 2014 National Conference put together by the former President Goodluck Jonathan failed to address Nigeria’s need and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider regionalising the country into the current six geo-political zones for national and economic development.

He also called on Nigerian youths to channel their interest into mobilising for a restructuring of the country.

He said this in speech he entitled “The restructuring that I am advocating for proposes no threat to Nigeria’s unity”, presented during the 2016 United Nations International Youth Day, held at University of Lagos.

“The 2014 National Conference is not the answer to the restructuring that Nigeria needs”, Anyaoku said. He also urged youths to mobilize for the restructuring of the country.

“You should mobilize and channel some of your youthful enthusiasm into clamouring for a restructuring of the country’s governance architecture.”

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“On the contrary, it is the continuation of the ongoing agitation in different parts of the country which is encouraged by the present governing structure that will most probably lead to the undoing of Nigeria’s unity,” Anyaoku said.

According to him, recommendations like state police and physical arrangements, which are contained in the 2014 conference recommendations, are steps in the right direction.

“The proposals that the conference adopted that there should be 54 states completely negates the idea of a vibrant federalism in a country with the history of ethnically and religiously diversity as Nigeria.

“I have maintained since 2005 on the basis of my over 10 years’ experience with governance in over 50 countries of the Commonwealth, that Nigeria cannot attain political stability and its desire of national and social-economic development unless it restructures its existing governance architecture.”

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