NewsNigeria Too Divided, Unify The Country Through Restructuring - Dickson Tells Buhari

Nigeria Too Divided, Unify The Country Through Restructuring – Dickson Tells Buhari

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BEVERLY HILLS, October 22, (THEWILL) – Noting that the country is currently too divided and has been left to drift for too long, the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson on Sunday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently unite Nigeria.

This was as he picked holes with the disposition of the Buhari-led Federal Government to the clamour for restructuring, advocating that a bi-partisan body that would come up with a framework to restructure the country should be urgently constituted.

Dickson stated that the body should be populated by federal government officials, political parties, state governors, representatives of state and national assemblies, organised labour, socio-cultural organisations and other critical stakeholders.

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He expressed optimism that restructuring will address the concerns of resource control, the kind of Police and Judiciary Nigeria should have and their funding, the number of federating units, their funding as well as the system of government which Nigeria should operate as a country.

According to a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah Agbo, the governor gave this advice during a live radio and television interview programme in Yenagoa, the state capital.

He identified proponents of restructuring as true patriots of the country, positing that leaving the National Assembly alone to amend the Constitution will not sufficiently address the concerns and fears of Nigerians.

Dickson said, “The present attitude of the federal government and the president on the issue of restructuring is something I disagree with.

“I believe that this country has to have a meeting and discuss how we can make Nigeria more stable, prosperous and a Nigeria that can last and stand the test of time.

“Those of us talking about restructuring are the true lovers of this country. There are those who feel they have advantages they want to protect and preserve, so they want the status quo maintained. In that case, you are either talking about individual, regional or ethnic interests, so such people are not talking of the Nigerian interest.

“Those of us calling for restructuring are protecting and preserving Nigeria’s cooperate interest. The buck stops at the table of Mr. President. He has got to rise up to the occasion and unify this country more.

“The country is too divided and left to drift for too long with this division. The division is getting deeper and deeper by the day and that is not good for the country we love.

“Nobody should tell anybody in Bayelsa or any Ijaw or Niger Delta man that they love Nigeria more than us.

“They don’t even understand the sacrifices we are making to keep Nigeria going. So, when we talk about restructuring, we are talking as Nigerian patriots.”

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