Professor Nwosu explains why North is afraid of restructuring
– Former
Obasanjo’s adviser speaks with the journalists on the current Nigeria’s
challenges
– He
explains why Nigeria needs restructuring and why the North is afraid of this Professor
ABC
Nwosu, who
served as political adviser to ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, has granted an
interview to the Sun news explaining why the North is afraid of restructuring.
Mr Nwosu was speaking on the current issues of Nigeria and the incumbent
government.
The former
minister also argued that those kicking against restructuring are doing so
because they are benefitting from the current damaged system. He said: “I am
not in government, I’m not a prophet, neither am l Rev. Fr. Mbaka to see
through prophecy how it can be done. All I know is that many Nigerians, good
Nigerians have said, if something is not working, try to see how it can work.
That’s how I see the word, restructuring. Our federation is not working. It
hasn’t been working. Therefore, restructuring is the best thing that should be
done now to see if it will work. But I’m baffled that a government that says
Change cannot understand change, even when it comes to structures.
“You said
change personnel, we accepted. Nigerians have voted your change personnel. They
are saying change structure. You say no way. How and why? Because the same
problem is there, you need to change structure. Change structure is
restructuring. Economic change is diversification. If government says it wants
to diversify, it has accepted change in diversification.
“The old
people have been changed, what government is finding difficult is change of
structure and I don’t know why? Fine, but it is going nowhere until it changes
items in the Exclusive List, even in Legislative List.
“We must
re-examine that item 39 that says petroleum under the liquid, gas and solid are
the exclusive preserve of the federal government. We must ask why we are still
finding it difficult to pass the petroleum industry’s bill. These are the cob
webs government has to remove. Restructuring is not going back to regions. I’m
shocked at that kind of ignorance and nonsense. Who says restructuring is going
back to regionalization?
Prof Nwosu
also served as Minister of Health under Obasanjo government. Niger Delta
militant groups from the oil-rich region and pro-Biafra campaigners call for
Nigeria restructuring. While some politicians, like President Muhammadu Buhari,
stand firm against the restructuring, others, like former vice president Atiku
Abubakar suppose that it’s not bad idea if it could save the nation.
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