ACCOMPLISH MAGAZINE APRIL 2024

FEATURE / ANALYSIS
will shoot it down like a misguided
meteorite because it is all prearranged
to keep the proletariats
busy.
The presidential system is not the
problem. The age-long parasite
killing the country is CORRUPTION!
Pure and simple!
The biggest worry for some sections
of the country is restructuring: a
loose federalism, or an outright
confederation, given the fall-out of
some ethnic-sensitive questions
grossly mismanaged by the
penultimate administration. It has
deepened the restiveness and
ethnic nationalities' consciousness
in addition to the age-long underbellies
of resource control pushed
by a segment of the country, and
understandably so.
For many, the indisputable
roadmap to a restructured Nigeria
is a dispassionate constitutional
reform. Therefore, dismantling the
1999 Constitution is inevitable. So,
whether it is called devolution of
power or restructuring, the matter
is straightforward enough –
strategically depopulate the content
of the Exclusive List and provide
greater latitude and influence for the
federating units by expanding the
Concurrent List.
Studies affirm, and it is public
knowledge on the website of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that every
state in the federation is endowed
with significant amounts of natural
resources to make them viable.
Sadly, the current constitution
supports these kwashiorkor-like
states to come begging with caps in
hand every month for undeserved
victuals/manna from the centre.
So, we are at a self-inflicted
crossroad because it is difficult to
understand how people can be
afraid to move forward, conquer
their spaces, and set in motion a
guaranteed better destiny! The key
to the great possibilities in front of
this country is restructuring if we can
approach it with mutual respect,
sincerity, and support, and a mind of
collective destiny as a people bound
together by providence.
The most profound obstacles to
restructuring in this country are
suspicions and unfounded fears.
Every segment of this country will
thrive with restructuring, but haters
and narrow-minded Nigerians
should purge themselves from
unpatriotic tendencies.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio
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BARO-THOMAS
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