Contrary to the insinuation by some
Nigerians, a former Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial
aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, says Nigeria can be restructured without going
to war.
Speaking to journalists in Kano,
Onuesoke pointed out that Nigeria has developed to a state where it could be
restructured without shedding a drop of blood, adding that Nigeria got
independence from the British government without fighting despite that those
from some part of the country were opposed to independence then. “If could get
our independence from our colonialists without going to war, I wonder why we
cannot restructure our system to reflect true federalism without shedding
blood”, he stated.
The former governorship contender,
who said Nigeria has been restructured so many times without fighting, although
not the right type of restructuring, recalled that every time there is a
constitutional change, that is restructuring because such constitutional
provisions are either giving power and authority to those in government or to
the people. “Since independence, Nigeria has been restructured from four
regions that made the regions self- sufficient, to 12 states, to 19 states and
now 36 states including the removal of the federal capital from Lagos to Abuja.
In all this restructuring no war was fought,” he recalled. The PDP chieftain
maintained that Nigerians must renegotiate their union in order to make it
stronger, arguing that greater autonomy, power and resources for states and
local authorities would give the federating units greater freedom and
flexibility to address local issues, priorities and peculiarities.
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