What Will a Restructured Nigeria Look Like?

The most important task before us right now is envisaging what a restructured Nigeria would look like. We have agreed that Nigeria needs restructuring based on the principles of federalism. The next big question should be; what should a restructured Nigeria look like? This is what I have set out to answer in this lecture.

How should responsibilities be shared between the federal and state governments in a restructured Nigeria? We believe it will be inappropriate for us as a Movement to impose regions or even states on the people of Nigeria. This is why we believe the people (ethnic nationalities) themselves must be given the opportunity to decide whether they want regions or states as the federating units. Whatever the case may be, these twenty rules must be followed.To answer these questions, we have drawn up twenty rules that should guide us in our debate. Find below the twenty rules that we consider as fundamental to a two-tier system of federal structure and which we think is best suitable for a country like Nigeria.

Page by Page, 41 Promises contained in the APC Manifesto

Below are forty-one promises contained in the APC Manifesto, as published by the party prior to the Presidential election. 

The promises below are extracted from the two official documents released by APC as their Manifesto titled “Securing Nigeria’s Future” and “Roadmap to a New Nigeria”, all published by the APC. 

From “Securing Nigeria’s Future”: 

1. Initiate action to amend the Nigerian Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties, and responsibilitie s to states in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit. (This simply means that the APC will support # TrueFederalism ): 

Page 6; 2. Amend the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal cases: 

Recovering stolen funds from past corrupt leaders: Merciless Looting Ongoing Under Buhari

While we are recovering stolen funds from past corrupt leaders, let us not forget that the present leaders are looting mercilessly simply because they are the new government and are still operating under the old system.

It is the same old system that allowed our past leaders loot us blind that the our leaders are still operating with. The system shapens their behaviour and makes them all become thieves.

There are two words in fighting corruption 'reactive' and 'proactive'. EFCC is a reactive institution. It only comes after you have successfully stolen but you are stupid not to cover your tracks well. EFCC cannot catch extremely smart thieves.

Buhari: Americans wanted pragmatic solutions, Trump promised it , and he is fulfilling it

President Donald Trump

Donald Trump made some campaign promises which addressed certain real fears of the American people. Among those fears was the need to deal with terrorism through a pragmatic approach.

Americans saw him as a pragmatic solution to those fears and voted him in. He is now fulfilling those campaign promises. Americans wanted pragmatic solutions. Trump promised it and he is fulfilling it.

General Muhammadu Buhari made some campaign promises which addressed certain fears of the Nigerian people.

Conversation between a Federalist and a Unitarist (Part 1) - Tony Osborg

Federalist: Something is fundamentally wrong with the structure of our federalism. We need to restructure this system and entrench true federalism. This system is not working.

Unitarist: There is nothing wrong with the structure of our federalism. Our problem is bad leadership; bad leaders who have looted our future and have destroyed our federal system. We do not need to restructure the system, what we need is to elect good leaders into office and restructure the minds of Nigerians so they can be less bias, less corrupt and more patriotic.

WHY IS NORTH SO PRODUCTIVE AND YET SO POOR ?

Each time I travel across Northern states, all I see along the road is wealth, wealth, and more wealth.

From Kano to Katsnia to Zamfara and beyond. The sight of endless farmlands on both sides of the road is just amazing.
Despite this level of agricultural productivity, there still seem to be a high level of poverty in the North. This is what confuses me. The world can live without crude oil but cannot live without food. The people in food business are suppose to be more comfortable and self-sustaining than the oil-business people. Yet in Nigeria, it is the reverse.

According to CBN statistics, Nigeria spends N1Billion daily importing rice alone. That is N365Billion annually for rice only. The North is now positioned to have a majority share in this business. If you add all the agricultural produce of the North and check the statistics and the cash flow, you will see that the North has no relationship with poverty. Another statistic shows that Nigeria spends N24Trillion annually on food consumption. If the North dominates the agriculture sector, then they have no relationship with poverty.