Professor Charles Soludo, a former governor of Nigeria's apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday in Engu, the Enugu State capital broke his silence on the presidency as the clock of another election year ticks by.
The former CBN Governor in fact called for a genuine restructuring of the country adding that it does not matter where the president comes from.
While speaking at a policy debate organized by the African Heritage Institution, Enugu, Prof Soludo minced no words in saying Nigeria was heading for a disaster and also drifting towards a failed state under the existing circumstances.
Also speaking was the former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke who warned that if something is not done urgently Nigeria would slid into a pathetic state.
On the barrage of voices calling for the restructuring of the country, the former governor said that APC promised to restructure the country.
According to him, ''It was the cardinal plank upon which they were given power. But after the elections, the party won 23 states and the centre, but did we hear about restructuring again?
“They control almost two-thirds of the country to restructure the country but expectedly, nothing is happening. Unless we rise, Nigeria is not going anywhere.
“Nigeria is not working in anybody’s interest, except a privileged few. The obsession today is Igbo presidency, power rotation and all that, as if they mean anything, but they are simply an unnecessary distraction from the problems we have now.
“You can have the president, vice-president, senate president, speaker of the House of Representatives and all that from one village (political party), and yet the lives of citizens of that village will not move from Point A to Point B.
“The north has governed Nigeria for about 40 years and yet poverty in Nigeria is a northern phenomenon.
“The north has governed Nigeria for about 40 years and yet poverty in Nigeria is a northern phenomenon.
On the presidency, he said, “We want a new Nigeria where it will not matter where the president comes from. We need a system where a citizen has guarantee of his security and prosperity. All these obsessions are games for the elite.
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