Nigeria’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, UN, Chief Arthur Mbanefo, yesterday added his voice to the call for the restructuring of the country, advising the Federal Government not to view the restructuring of the country as secession.
Speaking in Lagos at the 71st birthday of the Presiding Bishop of the Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Dr. Mike Okonkwo, the former Envoy stated that the country was in “utter confusion”, as he regretted that many Nigerians were not conversant with the term “restructuring”.
He said, “Clearly, many Nigerians do not understand what the issues are about restructuring. Why can we not sit down and discuss how to live as a people? Nothing says that we cannot sit down and talk on how to govern the country. This does not mean secession. We can have a national discourse, for example, on how to improve ourselves. The erosion of our value system also contributes to the confusion in the country.
“We, therefore, need to do more to redefine our value system. We need to overhaul the foundation of the pillars of the nation. We must be courageous to accept that we cannot go on as if nothing has changed. If we do not want to continue with the disasters in the country, all that we need as a people is the will to change things,” the ex-diplomat warned.
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