“Restructuring the country will bring out the
comparative advantage of every state and our natural resources that are lying waste will be fully
harnessed.”
By Agency Report

A former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party in 2019, Peter Obi, has said that
political restructuring of Nigeria will boost the
nation’s economy and end insecurity.

Mr Obi said this on Tuesday at the fourth Adada
Public Lecture organised by the Association of
Nsukka Professors (ANP) at the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

He said with restructuring, governors would look
inward to make their states productive, while state,
local and community police would be set up to
tackle criminality within their areas.

“It is unfortunate that some governors believe in
going to Abuja monthly to get federal allocation
from proceeds of oil.

“They have forgotten the price of oil in the
international market has depreciated and will
continue to depreciate.

“No developed country in the world depends on
crude oil but they invest in their children, agriculture
and encourage small and medium enterprises by
giving out soft loans and other incentives.

“There is urgent need to restructure the country for
the economy to grow to a desired level,” said Mr
Obi, a former governor of Anambra State.

He advised Nigerians to stop misleading others that
restructuring is a deliberate plan to divide the
country.

“Rather, it should be seen as a move to build the
ailing economy and restore adequate security in the
country,” he said.

Mr Obi further said that restructuring would also
help to ensure adequate funding of primary and
post-primary schools as well as higher institutions.

“We should invest in our children’s education, which
is greater than any price of crude oil in the
international market.

“Restructuring the country will bring out the
comparative advantage of every state and our
natural resources that are lying waste will be fully
harnessed to boost the state economy,” he said.

He said restructuring would also enable states to
make robust investment in agriculture, achieve food
security and create more employment opportunities.

“In the 1960s and 1970s, agriculture was the major
foreign exchange earner for the country.

“In the North, we had groundnut pyramids, in the
West we had cocoa and the East had palm oil and
Nigeria was among the best economies in the
world.

“Today, the Netherlands as a country uses its
exports from agricultural products and flowers to
get billions of dollars in foreign exchange to sustain
its economy,” he said.


A former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi
[Photo: Concise News]

Mr Obi thanked ANP for finding him worthy to
deliver the lecture with the topic, “Restructuring,
Security Challenges and Development”.

He urged professors and lecturers in the country to
use their wealth of knowledge to convince Nigerians
on the urgent need to restructure the country.

In his remark, Chinyeaka Ohaa, the chairman of the
occasion, described the lecture topic as timely and
“could not have come at a better time than now the
country is going through serious security
challenges.”

“The topic of the lecture is not only apt but offers
(an) opportunity to speak directly on problems of
insecurity, weak economic base, fragile democracy,
dependence on oil, corruption and unemployment,
among others.

“I commend ANP for organising this lecture and
urge it to explore all areas of life necessary for
growth and development of the country,” Mr Ohaa
said.

Charles Igwe, the vice chancellor of UNN, thanked
the ANP for organising the lecture.

“What ANP has done today is laudable because, as
professors, the society is looking up to you all to
provide ideas that will solve their problems.

“I commend you all for choosing UNN as venue for
the occasion and bringing Nigeria’s finest astute
businessman and technocrat in the person of Obi
as the guest lecturer,” he said.

Earlier, the President of the association, Osy
Okanya, a professor, said the group provides the
platform for an intellectual discourse on various
contextual issues that challenge society and the
economy.

“In consonance with the mandate and strategic
focus of ANP, the fourth Adada lecture topic has
been carefully chosen and could not have been
more apt, given the heightened fragility of the
country.

“The lecture today offers a profound opportunity for
Nigerians of all hues as it is being delivered by a
Nigerian, who has seen Nigeria inside-out and has
always provided the best prescriptions on all
national issues,” Mr Okanya said.

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Chuka
Utazi, a senator representing Enugu North District,
and Cosmas Ugwueze, the chairman of Nsukka
Local Government Area, were among the dignitaries
at the lecture.

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