The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), H.E. Chief John Odigie-Oyegun disclosed on Tuesday that devolution of powers and resources in the federation was one of the critical issues canvassed by the various political parties that formed the APC in 2013.
Odigie-oyegun said this when he received a delegation of the Nigerian Christian Elders Forum (NCEF) at the APC National Secretariat on Tuesday.

“It is strange that people ever think or dream that the APC is in any way against some degree of reordering of our federation. Take our constitution, it is replete with references to devolution of powers, resources and the rest of it. As a matter of fact, it was a basic issue at the coming together of the APC, that we must take a fresh look at the distribution of powers and the workings of our federal system.

“Today, we have brought some direction to the debate rather than everybody trumpeting restructuring without exactly getting down defining what restructuring really means. We are now engaged in that exercise and I think things are beginning to be clearer as to what different groups want. At the end of the day, what will happen is what will make our federation stronger and what most of the people of this country are ready to accept and work with.” The APC National Chairman said.



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