Tag: Restructuring
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Why I support restructuring – Dogara
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has expressed support for auditing and restructuring the existing federal system to give a sense of belonging to all Nigerians. He said that for true federalism to be achieved in Nigeria, a unique system of federalism that best suits Nigerian people and the local circumstances in…
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Northern governors meet over security challenges, restructuring
The Northern State Governors Forum on Thursday began a meeting in Kaduna to discuss various security challenges in the region and the issue of restructuring. The chairman of the Forum, Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno, said at the opening of the meeting that as elected representatives of the people, the governors must dispassionately address the…
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Let’s embrace APC’s restructuring for good of country, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon We learn in the Holy Books (John 1:45-46) that when Philip, one of the newly-recruited disciples of Jesus, met Nathanael, he told him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” And Nathanael asked, “Can there any…
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22 political parties raise committees on security, restructuring, 2019 polls
Twenty-two political parties, under the umbrella of Committee of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP) have constituted six committees on security, restructuring and 2019 general elections. Interim Chairman of CCPP, Dr Onwubuya Breakforth, made this known to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Breakforth, who is the National Chairman of Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said that the…
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Implement your party’s restructuring report before 2019 elections, Dickson tells Buhari
Governor Sariake Dickson of Bayelsa, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to constitute a multiparty committee to consider the All Progressives Congress (APC) Restructuring Committee’s report . Dickson made the call on Friday in Abuja, while addressing newsmen on the recommendations of the APC’s Committee report on Restructuring led by Gov. Nasir El Rufai òf…
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Restructuring: El-Rufai led committee presents report, recommends establishment of state police, resource control, others
The Governor Nasir El-Rufai led committee on restructuring on Thursday presented its report to the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun with some recommendations aimed at making the states and local governments more independent. Some of the key recommendations are resource control, making local government an affair of states, constitutional amendment to allow merger…
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Handshake across the Niger: IPOB members disrupt summit, reject calls for restructuring
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Thursday disrupted the cool at the ‘Handshake Across the Niger’ summit held in Enugu. The summit, which had earlier progressed without hitch, witnessed an uproar as soon as the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo harped on restructuring. Nwodo’s demand for restructuring was greeted with loud disenchanted voices…
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I’m disappointed at Buhari for rejecting restructuring – Clark
Elder statesman and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has expressed displeasure at President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on restructuring. Clark explained that the President’s position on restructuring the country is opposed to the the popular aspiration of Nigerians. Clark spoke on Thursday in his Kiagbodo country home in Burutu, Delta State while receiving a delegation…
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Balarabe Musa tackles Buhari, insists Nigeria needs restructuring
A former governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has called for economic restructuring to ensure the delivery of good governance in the country. Mr. Musa made the call in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday following President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year broadcast. The president had in the speech said…
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Nigeria’s problem beyond restructuring – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in his new message said Nigeria’s challenges are beyond calls for restructuring as demanded in some quarters. “When all the aggregates of nationwide opinions are considered, my firm view is that our problems are more to do with process than structure,” the president said. “No human law or edifice is…