The Northern States Governor’s Forum has set up a high-powered committee to look into the implications of restructuring on the region and the country in general.
This was the position of the northern states’ governors in a statement issued at the end of their meeting in Kaduna, on Friday, which was read by the Katsina State governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari.
The governor said the committee was mandated to collect and collate the views of the various agitations for restructuring from individuals, groups and corporate organisations.
The committee is to come up with an acceptable, tenable and sustainable position for the Northern Region, in consonance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution as amended and as well as take into cognisance the current constitutional amendment processes going on in the National Assembly.
According to Masari, the committee would be headed by the Sokoto State governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal.
Other members of the committee are the governors of Nassarawa, Benue, Gombe and Kaduna states, the emirs of Kano, Gummi, Zazzau, Etsu Nupe and Gbong Gom Jos, while the deputy governor of Plateau State would serve as the secretary.
The Forum also reaffirmed its commitment to national unity, peaceful co-existence and the rights of all Nigerians to reside and own property in any part of the country, as guaranteed by the constitution.
“We reassure all Nigerians who live in the North of our readiness to protect their lives and property. We therefore call on our colleagues in the South to emulate this gesture,” Masari said.
Meanwhile, the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, carpeted the northern governors for setting up the committee, describing the action as deceitful.
This was contained in its reaction sent to Saturday Tribune, on Friday, by its spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin.
“The northern governors’ decision on restructuring, coming hours after their parliamentarians shut down devolution of powers in the National Assembly, is a mere taunt. Like their fronts in APC chose anti-restructuring Nasir el-Rufai to define the term, they have chosen Tambuwal to head their own panel.
“It is laughable that the descendants of those who demanded for confederacy to return to after they walked out from the federal parliament in protest against the Action Group (AG) motion for independence and at the 1967 Ad-hoc constitutional conference called by General Yakubu Gowon can now be pretending not to know what federalism means.
“They are free to play the ostrich while the Republic gradually disappears because of the temporary advantage they hold over Nigeria. The bell surely tolls as it is pretty clear that Nigeria can no longer run successfully on the current terms,” he said.

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Whoever believes that the north will restructure Nigeria is hallucinating and very disillusioned.

The north is buying time in the restructuring game. Everything happening in national assembly and northern governors meeting is make it look like we care about the call for restructuring till we are sure we have the presidency.

Osibanjo being the one holding the mantle gives them sleepless night. They must be seen to be doing meetings.

There will not be restructuring of Nigeria without stiff opposition from the north which has majority in National assembly.

The south should demand that if there is no restructuring there will be no election in southern Nigeria. That's a strong statement.

The North believes restructuring this country should be in their own terms. They have the power albeit wrongly to " veto" any document on restructuring not in their favour.
The psyche of an average northern politician is that of dictating who gets what in this enclave of a country.

Tinubu Must Shun Greed,He Has More To Gain From An Independent Oodua Republic...

He is The Defacto Leader Of D Southwest, As For South South GEJ Remains Our Best Bet, d South EastvHas Nnamdi KANU All D Oda Politicians Are Sell Outs.

Let These Southern Groups Come Together And Demand Restructuring Or No Election In Entire South Failure Which More Civil Disobedience Will Follow

Yoruba restructuring agenda will hold thousands of years before Biafra will take place. Freedom can be gotten either through agitation (yoruba means) or confrontation(ipod means) but the years it will take to realize is the determining factor between being wise and being stupid.

Let the north continues playing the ostrich game whilst they think they've successfully killed restructuring by their goons in NASS but when 'the day breaks' they'll forever regrets their selfish actions.

No group can ever hold others down forever no matter how they try this country will breaks violently if they continue to deny other regions fairness/justice.

And when that happens the 'north' should be ready to accept the inevitable: terrorists controlled enclave as their lot.

Isoko1stSon:
Tinubu Must Shun Greed,He Has More To Gain From An Independent Oodua Republic...

He is The Defacto Leader Of D Southwest, As For South South GEJ Remains Our Best Bet, d South EastvHas Nnamdi KANU All D Oda Politicians Are Sell Outs.

Let These Southern Groups Come Together And Demand Restructuring Or No Election In Entire South Failure Which More Civil Disobedience Will Follow

An Isoko person yet all he talks about is Nnamdi Kanu and the South East.



This guy is not an Isoko person. He is an IPOB youth from the East impersonating the good people of Isoko ethnic nationality. Everyone should take note. No Isoko person would create a username such as his. It's so sad that he is misrepresenting the collective wishes of Isoko people here on Nairaland. Disregard his posts. Things are like this are why minorities will always mistrust Igbos and their Biafra. Imagine the level of desperation and audacity.