Elder statesman and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Frank Kokori has called on the federal government of Nigeria to split the nation into 12 states.
According to him, equity and justice could only be achieved if the country returned to 12 states – six for each of southern and northern Nigeria – as it was during the regime of General Yakubu Gowon.
Kokori called for the convocation of a round table discussion with genuine people from all sectors and sections of the country on restructuring.
He said, “National Assembly cannot do anything for proper restructuring of Nigeria.”
The elder statesman told Tribune that each of the six states should be autonomous, saying the current 36-state structure is not viable. That Gowon’s 12 states will move Nigeria forward. Let them decentralized Nigeria like Gowon did.
He also slammed the National Assembly for recently thrashing the outcome of the National Conference held by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, admitting that the recommendations were suitable for the country.
The issue of how Nigeria should be governed should not be the business of the National Assembly because it is an interested party; it will not like anybody to whittle down their power, so to me, it should be the people themselves.
We should not just sweep it under the carpet; it’s a serious matter, the president himself should be seeing signals now, so we should come together for dialogue and talk seriously about Nigeria,” he warned.
No comments:
Post a Comment