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Olusegun Adeniyi: What are we restructuring?

by Olusegun Adeniyi Nobody needed any telling that he was angry as he made his presentation. “Nigeria is a failed state”, Dr Abubakar Othman, who teaches African Poetry and Creative Writing at the University of Maiduguri, repeatedly declared before launching into a song, or more appropriately, a chant, rendered in a “strange” language. Even when... Read More

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APC sets up panel on restructuring, begins convention process

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a committee to come up with the ruling party’s definition of restructuring. The committee headed by Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has 10 members including governors of Osun State, Rauf Arebegsola; Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), and Simon Lalong (Plateau). Other members are Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun;... Read More

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Is Paris Club refund the litmus test for restructuring?

by Alexander O. Onukwue The argument for restructuring has been that states will have more powers to determine their growth and development based on the resources at their disposal. The present system of distributing to states from the FAAC has seen the Federal Government literally spoon feed the states, with the result being that many... Read More

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The calls for restructuring have been intense since President Buhari came into power | See timeline

The campaign for the restructuring of the country has recently increased. Groups in the South-Eastern part of the country have continued to call for the devolution of power, notable among them is the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has also been on the forefront of the call for restructuring. Here’s a timeline of... Read More

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Nigeria does not need restructuring – Okorocha

Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha has dismissed calls for the restructuring of the country. Okorocha argued that Nigeria was better as united country, stating that it only needs repackaging. The governor spoke on Monday while declaring open the 67th annual conference of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria held in Imo State. He noted that each... Read More

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Moses Ochonu: Atiku’s road to Damascus on restructuring

by Moses Ochonu Atiku is saying all the right things about restructuring and resource allocation, positioning himself as a different kind of northern politician, one that is not afraid to have the difficult conversation about reforming our over-centralized governing and resource allocation formula and the dangerous dependencies and suspicions it has engendered. Atiku is positioning... Read More

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Disarm all herdsmen | S’West, S’East, Middle Belt leaders tell FG

Some leaders from the South-West, South-East, South-South and Middle Belt on Saturday called for a new fiscal formula for the transfer of Nigeria to a diverse economy. They also united against the threat of Fulani herdsmen, urging the Federal Government to immediately disarm them in order to secure lives of farmers. Present at the meeting... Read More

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Nigeria’s unity is negotiable – Wole Soyinka

One of Nigeria’s literary giants and Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has dismissed the arguments that the unity of Nigeria is non-negotiable. Speaking on Friday in Bayelsa state, Soyinka said restructuring should be considered. “We must stop confusing and mixing up the argument, we are mixing up the argument. It is very unfortunate for our leaders... Read More

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Four issues we want to know Adeleke’s opinion on

by Alexander O. Onukwue It may have been the duty of the Osun West people to send Ademola Adeleke to Abuja as the Senator to represent their district, but it is now the Nigerian people that Ademola, on a broad scale, represents. He could continue to receive attacks from the Governor and might even be... Read More

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How agitations can end – MASSOB

The Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB), under the leadership of Ralph Uwazuruike, has said restructuring Nigeria is not the solution to issues of secession. According to Daily Post, MASSOB maintained that the only solution to the current agitation is for the Federal Government to convene a sovereign national conference where... Read More

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Pres Buhari has previously supported restructuring – Odumakin

Spokesperson of the Buhari/Bakare Presidential Campaign in 2007, and mouth-piece of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier supported restructuring Nigeria. Daily Post reports that he noted that the promise to restructure the country was why the Yorubas supported Buhari in 2007. “In 2007, when Buhari agreed to restructuring, Afenifere backed... Read More

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“Evans Vanishes”, “So, why are we wasting our time? Let us move on…” | Our top 10 quotes from the past week

This week eh! So much drama. Not only did we come within five minutes of having a new Commander-in-Chief (Acting), Lagos also got terribly flooded and in the middle of all that, someone though it’ll be a good idea to scrae the nation about Evans with two words… Just enjoy these quotes we curated while we managed not to... Read More

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Igbos prefer restructuring to break-up – Ohanaeze

The President-General of Ndigbo apex organisation, Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, on Friday, said the Igbo preferred restructuring of the country to total break-up. In a statement in Abuja, Nwodo was quoted as saying this while addressing a cross-section of Ndigbo leaders in Abuja. He was quoted to have said the Igbo has more stake in... Read More

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We are taking notes of debates on restructuring – Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the Federal Government is working on policies that will address issues around restructuring in the country. Osinbajo said this on Thursday in Abuja at the official presentation of a book, ‘Nigeria: The restructuring controversy,’ written by the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr. Mike Okiro. The acting President,... Read More

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“Those calling for restructuring are the real enemies of the country” – Yahaya Bello

The governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello, has called on Nigerians to disregard calls for the restructuring of Nigeria, describing such as mere political deceit. The governor made the call on Wednesday in Lokoja, during a meeting with leaders of the organised labour, saying that those calling for restructuring are the real enemies of the country.... Read More

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Femi Fani-Kayode: Nnamdi Kanu is the Lion of the East (Pt I)

by Femi Fani-Kayode Let me make this abundantly clear right from the outset. I love and respect Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the supreme leader of the Biafran movement, the founder and convener of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) and the man that I have appropriately dubbed as the Lion of the East. I do not,... Read More

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Nigeria is an artificial creation, it can blow up at any time – Agbakoba

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) on Tuesday rejected the call for restructuring of the country. Agbakoba addressed journalists in Lagos on Tuesday at his Ikoyi office on “The future of Nigeria.” He agreed with the call for referendum made by leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: My advice to the Igbo race

by Pius Adesanmi Not everyone should be writing for the public. Sadly, the democracy of social media and the internet is such that we must endure the co-presence of all sorts of opinionated intellectual dilettantes who can wear the toga of “public commentator”. There are always the giveaways. You will always recognize the dilettantes through... Read More

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Opinion: Between El Rufai’s lies and the “Restructuralists”’ realism

by Jude Ndukwe In an interview granted Channels Television recently, El Rufai in his usual manner sounded rash, brash, saucy, arrogant, insolent and illogical while answering questions on the groundswell of agitations for a restructured Nigeria that has gained currency in our polity recently. He went on to arrogate to himself possession of the alpha-knowledge... Read More

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Dele Momodu: What exactly are we restructuring?

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, let me say categorically that I’ve never seen a country where the citizens like to argue over every miniscule issue like Nigeria. We are a country of absolutism. Every now and then we just enjoy coming up with highfalutin theories out of the blues and everyone begins to recycle and... Read More

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Nnamdi Kanu’s community disowns him

The Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku Community (Umuahia North LGA), Abia State, on Thursday distanced themselves from the call for succession by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The community, instead, pledged their support and loyalty to one Nigeria. Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku community is the hometown of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.... Read More

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We cannot have a referendum now – Oyegun

The leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) John Odigie-Oyegun, said on Thursday that the party did not promise to restructure Nigeria, if voted into power. He said the party promised true federalism and devolution of power. Odigie-Oyegun, who spoke on a television programme, dismissed the possibility of the APC government allowing the emergence of... Read More

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Restructuring conducted by Buhari’s govt will only favour the North – Ohanaeze youth

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Thursday, chided the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), for allegedly ordering that the November 18, 2017 governorship election in Anambra be cancelled. This is even as Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC), said it would reject any restructuring of Nigeria carried out by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying... Read More

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YNaija Says: These politicians need to stop fooling themselves with calls for ‘restructuring’

For the past couple of years and especially for the past few months, the debate on whether Nigeria needs restructuring and the exact manner that restructuring should take has been steadily growing. It can be said that this is the biggest political debate in the country today especially in the light of agitations for secessions... Read More

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Is anyone thinking about the costs of restructuring?

by Alexander O. Onukwue If a referendum is held on the question of restructuring Nigeria, it is more than likely that there will be a wide margin victory for the Yes campaign. Or for the Vote Leave, depending on what the question is. Either way, there are bound to be costs to be borne if... Read More

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Restructuring is the politician’s game; Here’s the layman’s concern

by Alexander O. Onukwue How many persons pay attention to the radio when OAP’s use words like restructuring, misappropriation and diversification? It does feel, sometimes, that these big words make such matters exclusively reserved for the more intellectual members of the society. In such circumstances, regular people get turned off from the media and just... Read More

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While you wait for restructuring, this should be your focus right now

by Alexander O. Onukwue Everyone is bombarding the Federal Government and the cabal that continues to hold Nigeria to ransom with the queries of restructuring. Former leaders and modern influencers are weighing in, adding support to the clamour for the structure of the nation to be modified to give greater autonomy to states in the... Read More

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Should the old restructure Nigeria for the youth?

by Alexander O. Onukwue As the discussion on the restructuring of Nigeria takes up the conversation space, the matter of the persons to carry-out the process has necessarily been brought up. Very many persons, old and young, believe the present structure of the country is a contraption bound to worsen by the day. But not... Read More

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