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Politics / Re: Assets Declaration: Supreme Court Upholds Saraki’s Appeal, Frees Him Of Charges by Goddex: 11:09am On Jul 06, 2018 |
Buhari is Nigeria's worst President ever 51 Likes 6 Shares |
Politics / Re: Reformed APC’ Names Leaders (SEE LIST) by Goddex: 12:31pm On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Five Reasons R-APC Left APC by Goddex: 11:10am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Jaafaru Ibrahim Dumps APC (El-Rufai’s Ex-Director Of Campaign) by Goddex: 11:08am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Twitter User Describes Macron's Visit To Nigeria & Got People Talking by Goddex: 11:06am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Aminu Tambuwal Sacks All Commissioners Ahead Of His Defection To PDP by Goddex: 8:01am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Reformed-apc: Opening A Floodgate Of Defections by Goddex: 7:54am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Five Reasons R-APC Left APC by Goddex: 7:48am On Jul 05, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Aminu Tambuwal Sacks All Commissioners Ahead Of His Defection To PDP by Goddex: 10:53pm On Jul 04, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Yusufu Idegu On Miyetti Allah: ‘I Stand By My Story’ — The Nation's Reporter by Goddex: 9:25pm On Jul 04, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: We Will Arrest Leadership Of Miyetti Allah If… — Military by Goddex: 12:30pm On Jul 04, 2018 |
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Business / Re: P&G To Shut Down $300 Million Nigeria Production Plant, A Year After Launch by Goddex: 11:17am On Jul 04, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Chief Olu Falae Explains What RESTRUCTURING Means by Goddex: 9:44am On Jul 04, 2018 |
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Politics / Chief Olu Falae Explains What RESTRUCTURING Means by Goddex: 8:31am On Jul 04, 2018 |
FOR THOSE STILL GREEKED BY THE TERM, THIS IS THE MEANING OF RESTRUCTURING AS CANVASSED BY SOUTHERN NIGERIA BY~ Chief Olu Falae You know I am a leader in the South West and at the National convention, I was elected as the leader of the Yoruba delegation. So, I am central to the Yoruba position. The Yoruba position is my position and it is the same position I canvassed in my book, ‘The way forward for Nigeria’ which I launched since 2005 in Lagos. What we mean by restructuring is going back to the Independence Constitution which our leaders negotiated with the British between 1957 and 1959. It was on that basis that the three regions agreed to go to Independence as one united country. So, it was a negotiated constitution. This is because, if the three regions were not able to agree, there would not have been one united independent Nigeria. But because the three regions at that time negotiated and agreed to package a constitution, that is why they agreed to go to Independence together. When the military came in 1966 and threw away the constitution, they threw away the negotiated agreement among the three regions, which was the foundation of a united Nigeria. So, the military did not only throw away the constitution but a political consensus negotiated and agreed by our leaders of the three regions in those days. When we say restructuring now, we are saying let us go back substantially to that constitution which gave considerable autonomy to the regions. For example, each region at that time collected its revenue and contributed the agreed proportion to the centre. But when the military came, they turned it round and took everything to the centre. That could not have been accepted by Ahmadu Bello, Nnamdi Azikiwe or Obafemi Awolowo. This constitution we are using was made by late Gen Sani Abacha, Abdulsalam Abubakar and the military; and (Abacha and those who drafted this 1999 fraud) came from only one part of Nigeria, so he wrote a constitution that favoured his own part of Nigeria. That is why I am saying, let us restructure and go back to what all of us agreed before. That is the meaning of restructuring. The regions used to be federating units, but in today’s Nigeria, they would now be called federal regions because states have been created in the regions. So in the West, you now have federation of Yoruba states which would belong to the Nigerian union at the centre. So, it is not like the region of old with all the powers. No. It is now going to be a coordinator of the states in the zone. That is what we mean by restructuring. And the regions would have a considerable autonomy as they used to have. For example, for the younger people, they may not know that every region then had its own constitution. There were four constitutions at independence –the Federal constitution, Western constitution, Eastern constitution and Northern constitution. That was how independent they were and every region had an ambassador in London. The ambassadors for the regions were called Agent General so that you do not confuse them with that of Nigeria then called High Commissioner. So, Nigeria had four ambassadors in London. The ambassador for Nigeria then called a High Commissioner was M.T Mbu. The ambassador for Eastern Nigeria then was Mr Jonah Chinyere Achara, Western Nigeria was Mr Omolodun and for Northern Nigeria, it was Alhaji Abdulmalik. There were four of them. That was the kind of arrangement we agreed to, but the military threw it away and gave us this over-centralised unitary constitution. So, we said this is not acceptable any more; we must go back to the negotiated constitution which gave considerable autonomy to the regions, so that they can compete in a healthy manner. For example, Chief Obafemi Awolowo wanted to introduce free education in the West and other regions said they could not afford it, but he went ahead to introduce it in the Western region. He said he wanted to pay a minimum of five shillings a day, while others were paying two and three shillings. He went ahead and passed the law, making five shillings the minimum wage in Western Nigeria. There was no problem with that. In Western Nigeria, the constitution provided for a House of Assembly and the House of Chiefs. In Eastern Nigeria, there was no House of Chiefs because they did not think they needed one. There was no problem with that and that is the kind of Nigeria we negotiated in London, but that is different from what we have today. So, we are saying let us go back to that arrangement which all of us agreed at independence and not what Abacha imposed on us, which is very partial, unfair and one-sided. That is the meaning of restructuring; it is to restructure unfairness and give semi-autonomy to the federating units. (We also had Regional Police and other local security services that provided unique security architecture for theier regions) emphasis mine. Thank you 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Any PDP Candidate Can Defeat Buhari — Turaki by Goddex: 4:01pm On Jul 03, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: 'The IG Is Corrupt & A Thief' — Mobile Policemen During Protest In Maiduguri by Goddex: 6:40am On Jul 03, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: FFK: "Nnamdi Kanu Kept On Naval Warship Off The Coast Of Bayelsa By Buhari" by Goddex: 11:12pm On Jul 02, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Hakeem Baba-Ahmed Dumps APC (Saraki’s Chief Of Staff) by Goddex: 8:08pm On Jul 02, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: 2019: Coalition Against Buhari Reaches Agreement by Goddex: 5:34pm On Jul 02, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Archbishop Okogie Writes Buhari An Open Letter: Are You A Nigerian Or Not? by Goddex: 9:40pm On Jul 01, 2018 |
Politics / Re: Osun Has No Land To Give FG For Ranching – Gov. Aregbesola by Goddex: 11:21am On Jul 01, 2018 |
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Politics / Osun Has No Land To Give FG For Ranching – Gov. Aregbesola by Goddex: 11:12am On Jul 01, 2018 |
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has declared that the state will not give out any of its land to the Federal Government for the proposed cattle ranches. The governor told Punch that the state had already established a ranch in Oloba community. Aregbesola added that the Federal Government was free to key into the project. The governor, speaking through who spoke through his Media Aide, Sola Fasure, said plans were ongoing to build ranches in each of the three senatorial districts in the state by the state government. He said, “Osun has its own ranch in Oloba, Iwo and there is a programme to set up ranches in the three senatorial districts in the state. “The Oloba cattle ranch is already functioning by providing cattle ranching and ram-fattening services. Plans are in advanced stages to bring the high yielding Boran cattle to Oloba for breeding and crossbreeding with our local breeds . “All these have been going on since 2012 as part of the agriculture development programme of the Aregbesola administration and precede the herdsmen / farmers brouhaha. If the Federal Government wants to buy into this, it is welcome. The state, however, is not ceding an inch of its land for any other purpose.” http://dailypost.ng/2018/07/01/osun-no-land-give-fg-ranching-gov-aregbesola/ |
Politics / Re: Plateau: Herdsmen Rename Various Communities Grabbed From Indigenes by Goddex: 10:10pm On Jun 30, 2018 |
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Travel / Re: Dashcam Footage Of Otedola Bridge Tanker Fire/Explosion by Goddex: 6:38pm On Jun 29, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Joi John Compares Obama To Buhari Over Plateau Killings (Photos) by Goddex: 7:59pm On Jun 28, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Plateau: How Nigerian Govt Encourage Murderers – Amnesty International by Goddex: 7:44pm On Jun 28, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Afenifere: Time For Buhari To Choose Between Being President Of Nigeria And... by Goddex: 6:28pm On Jun 27, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Plateau Killings: Angry Youths Protest At Government House, Turn Violent(photos) by Goddex: 3:54pm On Jun 27, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: There's No Alternative To Restructuring - Atiku Counters President Buhari by Goddex: 3:38pm On Jun 27, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: We Won’t Tolerate Cattle Ranches In Southwest, Says Afenifere by Goddex: 3:37pm On Jun 27, 2018 |
Politics / Re: Atiku Abubakar On A Condolence Visit In Bauchi Over Windstorm (Photos) by Goddex: 3:30pm On Jun 27, 2018 |
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Politics / Re: Plateau: God Will Punish Osinbajo For Not Defending Christians – Fani-kayode by Goddex: 3:27pm On Jun 27, 2018 |
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