Sultan asks Nigerians to forget restructuring demands

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has asked proponents of restructuring of Nigeria to forget the demands.

The Sultan instead canvassed for the devolution of the economy.

He stated this at a summit in Minna, Niger State capital on Monday, noting that Nigeria is richly endowed with human and mineral resources needed to achieve greatness.

According to the Sultan, Shiroro Dam in Niger, Goronyo Dam in Sokoto and several others in other parts of the country must be employed for farming purposes all year round.

“Rather than the clamour for the restructuring of the country, the Federal Government should be called upon to release dams across the country to state governments for massive participation of Nigerians in all-year farming seasons.

“We have the ability and technical knowledge to feed the continent with what we can produce, with the required political commitment, through the provision of modern farming implements for our teeming farmers,” he said.

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Present at the summit were governors from different states of the country, economic experts as well as industrialists and manufacturers.

Sultan’s position on restructuring came amidst heightened demand from the entire South region of the country and part of North Central that the country must be restructured to save it from imminent doom.

 

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