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…As Omehia launches book
By John Alechenu
Abuja—Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator George Akume, has identified restructuring arsenic cardinal to sustainable improvement successful Nigeria.
He, however, said it should not beryllium considered arsenic conscionable a governmental request but seen arsenic a strategical imperative for the nation’s improvement and enduring unity.
The erstwhile Benue State governor, who said this astatine the nationalist presumption of a book, “Restructuring Nigeria: The Way Forward,” written by erstwhile Rivers State governor, Celestine Omehia, successful Abuja yesterday, besides urged Nigerians championing this origin to prosecute it with a tone of patriotism, dialog and peace, with the eventual purpose of strengthening the nation’s unity and not arsenic a divisive weapon.
Those successful attendance included erstwhile National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus; Austin Opara; erstwhile Rivers State governor, Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi; erstwhile politician of Akwa Ibom State, Victor Attah; and Senator Ben Obi.
Others are Adamu Maina Waziri; Mike Omeri; Ugochukwu Taiwo Okeke (unveiler of the book), Mike Ozekomhe, SAN; and erstwhile Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke, among others.
The SGF, who was represented astatine the lawsuit by 1 of his aides, Prof. Bolaji Babatunde Bernard, said: “Restructuring is not astir breaking up Nigeria, it is astir strengthening the federation by devolving responsibilities, empowering subnational governments and creating a governance operation that brings powerfulness person to the people.
“Indeed, galore of the reforms already being implemented by this medication constituent intelligibly successful that direction. The removal of substance subsidy and the unification of the overseas speech marketplace are bold fiscal steps aimed astatine empowering states done improved gross allocation and stronger economical governance.
“The ongoing taxation reforms are designed to broaden the fiscal abstraction and guarantee that federating units tin make and clasp much resources to service their people.
“Equally important are the ongoing conversations connected the constitution of authorities police, which would deepen information astatine the grassroots, and the propulsion for greater integer and infrastructure investments that alteration states go engines of maturation successful their ain right.
‘’These are not isolated argumentation choices, they bespeak a deliberate determination toward a much balanced, businesslike and responsive federation.”
Emphasising the champion mode to spell astir the pursuit of restructuring, Akume said: “As we prosecute with restructuring, we indispensable bash truthful with a tone of patriotism, dialogue, and peace. It is ever amended to unrecorded successful bid with each different arsenic a household than beryllium astatine warfare with 1 another.
“Our spot arsenic a federation lies not successful uniformity but successful unity, successful harnessing our diverseness for corporate progress. Restructuring must, therefore, beryllium pursued arsenic a unifying force, not a divisive weapon.”
He commended Celestine Omehia for his courage, intellect, and committedness successful penning the book, adding that “it is simply a invaluable publication to the ongoing nationalist dialog and volition undoubtedly enrich argumentation thinking, legislative reforms, and nationalist knowing of this captious issue.”
Earlier, In his invited address, Omehia, the writer of the book, urged Nigerians not to beryllium sentimental astir the request to restructure the country.
He noted that the lawsuit was an accidental to bring unneurotic each good meaning Nigerians for a nationalist sermon connected 1 of the precise important issues which had been postponed respective times.
Omehia said: “Let maine marque it wide that the lawsuit contiguous is not conscionable for the nationalist presumption of my book. it is besides for cognition exposition and sharing for the communal involvement of Nigeria. “lt is an accidental of bringing each good meaning Nigerians unneurotic for a nationalist sermon connected 1 important contented that has been postponed for respective times. That is restructuring Nigeria.
“This publication proposes the mode guardant for this needed dialogue. Let america not beryllium excessively sentimental astir the request to restructure Nigeria.
“In each constitution oregon immoderate strategy of government, whether the strategy is succeeding oregon not, determination is each request to amended connected the occurrence oregon nonaccomplishment of that system.
“This determination to amended upon the occurrence oregon nonaccomplishment of the strategy is what is needed contiguous to restructure our strategy of governance.
“American Constitution has been restr...
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