The presidency has
blamed the growing clamour for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation on
those opposed to the Muhammadu Buhari administration, particularly the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
Special Adviser to the
President, Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina made this known at the weekend
while speaking on the theme, “Disintegration or Restructuring,” at the 8th
Annual Lecture series of a civil society group, The Change We Need Nigeria
Initiative, held in Abuja.
Adesina, who said
restructuring has always been part of Nigeria’s political and historical
evolution, noted that the recent spate of agitations from various quarters was
being instigated by the opposition.
“I begin to be
suspicious at times that this call for restructuring is another form of
opposition politics”, he said.
“You find people who had
been in power for 16 years are now the champions of restructuring, so
restructuring has become another form of opposition”.
According to him, the
federal government was not opposed to the restructuring of the country, but
will not allow anything that will lead to its disintegration, as the Buhari
administration will do everything possible to ensure that Nigeria remains one
united people and nation.
“This government is not
antagonistic towards restructuring but the government will not brook any form
of restructuring that would destabilise the country.
“Don’t forget that the
All Progressives Congress government has set up a committee to aggregate views
on what restructuring actually is and that committee is moving around the
country. If it did not believe in restructuring, why waste time on it?”
“And the president
himself has said there are genuine grievances in different parts of the
country, which can be discussed. But it does not mean that the country must
disintegrate because of the genuine grievances that we have.”
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