Nigeria Will Go Down In Crisis If FG Refuses To Restructure Nigeria

The President General of the apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo

The President General of the apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has warned that Nigeria may be heading for a serious crisis if the clamour for the restructuring of the country was not urgently attended to.

The President General of the apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has warned that Nigeria may be heading for a serious crisis if the clamour for the restructuring of the country was not urgently attended to.

The Ohanaze boss, who spoke in Abuja, yesterday, at a live political programme on African Independent Television (AIT), said: “Unless we restructure this country, we will slide into an uncontrollable crisis.”

Nwodo said that Nigeria had all the potentials of a world power given its growing population, but stood to lose out if it was denied proper administrative structure. “Nigeria is a world power, but if it continues to be wrongly administered it will continue to be a laughing stock”, he said.

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The president general reiterated his earlier stand that Ndigbo remained the most marginalised in the country, despite their commitment to the nation, lamenting that the country’s body politic was insensitive to the plight of Ndigbo, despite their overwhelming contributions to the socio- political and economic development of the country. Nwodo expressed regrets that the Nigeria system as currently constituted killed endeavor and discouraged productivity.

On how to go about the restructuring, the Ohanaeze boss suggested a revisit of the 2014 National Conference, which had Nigerians from all sectors and was headed by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria.

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He said that resources used in organizing he conference should not be wasted just because some people did not like the administration that set it up. On the advantages of restructuring Nwodo examined the declining importance of oil as a major source of revenue.

He gave examples of the Netherlands and California both of which built their strong economies out of agriculture and human capital development and maintained that restructuring was the surest way to attain fastest economic growth for Nigeria.

We could recall that the federal government has rejected the call for restructuring the nation.  The Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) Garba Shehu to President Muhammadu Buhari, disclosed this while receiving some Northern Clerics who staged a rally to support the President and the Nigerian Military on the fight against insurgents.

The President Aide said on daily basis, they receive communique and resolutions from groups, calling for restructuring and constitution review, he added that currently, Nigeria needs peace for its citizens to go about their businesses, and not restructuring.

Shehu also said that Nigeria is also in need of economic revamp to put food on the tables of the citizens and not restructuring or constitution review.

Accort o him “Everyday we read one communique or resolution from one group or the other asking government to review the constitution, restructure. First of all, we need peace in Nigeria, without peace there will not be Development or progress, ordinary Nigerians want peace so that they can go about their lawful activities.  

“Ordinary Nigerians want food to eat, it is not constitutional review and restructuring that will put food on the table, it is better economy and this is what the president is doing, trying to ensure that the resources in the country are very well managed.