The Peoples Democratic Party’s Governors Forum has backed the demand by the its colleagues in the All Progressives Congress (APC) for restructuring of the country.
Recall that former Military Head of State, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) on Monday added his voice to the call.
PDPGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, said he and others in the party decided to back restructuring as the present structure lacked the provisions that could enhance national integration, cohesion, prosperity, social justice, fairness, equity and equality.
“The APC governors have not just been saying it, Aregbesola said it; Ajimobi and a host of others in the APC have said it; and now, they have said it as a group and we support their call for restructuring. But the problem I have is that the Presidency is deaf to the voice of reason”, he told Punch.
“But even if the Presidency is not going to respect the governors, what about those respected national leaders who have been calling for restructuring? Gen. Abdulsalami (Abubakar), has called for restructuring.
“Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for restructuring; respected southerners and northerners have done so and even IBB has today (Monday) urged the government to restructure, but like I said, the Presidency is deaf to the voice of reason.
“The 2014 National Conference report is there and it contains recommendations made by Nigerians on how this country could be moved forward but the APC-led Federal Government is not interested in it and it has put the report on the shelf because everything about (ex-President Goodluck) Jonathan is bad.
“But if a government is always blaming yesterday for today’s failure and you are not showing us a promising future, then the APC government, as led by President (Muhammadu) Buhari, has failed.
“As far as we are concerned in the PDP Governors Forum and the party at large, this country must be restructured”, he added.
Fayose said if the Federal Government would not implement the 2014 confab report because of its “hatred for Jonathan,” it could as well organise another national conference.
“Even in marriage, you must first agree to live together before you can discuss how to handle your resources. The current agitation will not go away if you continue to suppress the people while a particular ethnic group is lording it over others. It’s not going to work.
“That is why they should listen to Nnamdi Kanu because he represents the thought of the new generations of the Igbo”, the governor added.
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