The controversy over the restructuring of Nigeria, has continued with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, adamant to heed the calls.
Recall, that former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, had last week, said that the Nigerian Federation, as currently structured, needs reform.
In a reaction however, the APC National Chairman, Odigie-Oyegun, said he did not know what the proponents of restructuring meant, and they should not arm-twist him to use a confusing terminology, which meant different things to Nigerians.
Oyegun, who insisted that his party stood for true federalism, disclosed that some persons mischievously misrepresented what he said last Thursday.
Oyegun said: “I do not know what some people want to make out of my statement. Must I be forced to use the word they want me to use, which I do not want to use. I stand by what I said; the APC promised true federalism, and I know what true federalism is.
“I did not want to use the word restructuring, which conveys different meanings to many Nigerians. Some will tell you that they want the country to be restructured into 10 federating units, some will say into six federating units, everything is confusing, I do not even know what they mean by restructuring.”
He went on: “Go and read our party manifesto and see what we said there, we did not promise restructuring, we did not address true federalism all this time because of the collapse of the economy, but we will soon get there.”
The APC leader blamed the controversy over his statement, on lazy reporting by some Journalists, saying that some media houses however, captured his views accurately, while others sensationalized what he said.
On his part, Obong Victor Attah, a former Governor, disclosed that he was attending a function at Calabar, Cross River State, and noted that he had taken time to read the statement credited to Odigie-Oyegun, and did not come out with the conclusion that he was against restructuring.
According to him, it was all semantics, because from the assertions of the APC National Chairman, his party was not against true federalism, devolution of power, and other essential ingredients of true federalism, which is the main plank of restructuring, being demanded by Nigerians.
Also, the founder of Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, Frederick Faseun, said the reason for the agitations from different sections of the country, was become of the faulty structure of the country.
“That we have not institutionalised social justice, is the cause of our predicament as a nation”, he said at an event organised by the United Niger Delta Forum, UNIDEF, in Lagos.
“ For those calling for the nation’s break-up. It’s too late for Nigeria to separate, because we have been together for 100 years.”
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