The President-General of apex Igbo
organization the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo yesterday said the
nation might slide into a deeper crisis without restructuring...
He said the clamour for the restructuring of the country is not given a deserved and urgent attention.
He recommended a revisit of the report of the 2014 National Conference.
He said the Igbo remain the most marginalized in the country.
He said Igbo leaders were losing control
of their youths because the youths could no longer understand why the
injustice against their tribe should continue unabated.
A statement by Ike Abonyi, who is the
Media Adviser to the Ohanaeze boss, said Nwodo spoke in Abuja on Friday
at a live political program on African Independent Television (AIT).
He said: “Unless we restructure this country, we will slide into an uncontrollable crisis.
“Nigeria has the potential of a world
power given its growing population but stand to lose out if the right
administrative structure is not given to her.
“Nigeria is a world power, but if it continues to be wrongly administered it will continue to be a laughing stock.
“It’s not possible that this country can
go on the way it is. This constitution in operation is not drawn by
Nigerians but by few interest in military, but the people are asking
through restructuring to make their own constitution.
“Nothing seems to be working because the
current structure is not designed to work. it’s not designed to
encourage productivity.”
The President-General reiterated his
earlier stand that Ndigbo remains the most marginalised in the country
despite their commitment to the nation.
Nwodo lamented that the country’s body
politics was insensitive to the plight of Ndigbo despite their
overwhelming contributions to the socio- political and economic
development of the country.
“We are losing control of our children,
our youths can no longer understand why the injustice should continue
unabated,” he added.
He expressed regrets that the Nigeria system as currently constituted kills endeavor and discourages productivity.
On how to go about the restructuring,
the Ohanaeze leader suggested “a revisit of the 2014 National Conference
which had Nigerians from all sectors and headed by a former Chief
Justice of Nigeria.
“The resources used in the conference
should not be wasted just because some people do not like the
administration that set up the conference.
On the advantages of restructuring, Nwodo examined the declining importance of oil as a major source of revenue.
He gave examples of the Netherlands and
California both of which built their strong economies out of agriculture
and human capital development and maintained that restructuring was the
surest way to attain fastest economic growth for Nigeria.
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