The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Nigeria is practising a bastardised federal system of government tilted toward a unitary system.
The national chairman of the APC, John Oyegun while speaking at the party's public presentation on Wednesday, January 31, in Abuja said Nigeria must work towards practising to become a true federalism state.
Oyegun said true federalism involves the devolution of power to the federating units,while states are allowed to determine the nature of local government they want.
Also speaking the spokesperson of the APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the party has spent about N150 million to fund the activities of the committee on true federalism.
Abdullahi said the money came from the party coffers and not from the government.
“This is going to be the beginning of a historic event for this nation. It is historic because we have not been at this point before. We have held series of conferences before on how to restructure this country and each time, we always end up with nothing," Abdullahi said.
“Today, we have moved from show piece ofthese conferences to the beginning of a newNigeria. Today, we are going to be partners to the construction of the basic fundamental foundation of where this country truly belongs.
“There is no doubt at all that where we were and where we are today is basically a bastardized kind of federal structure, morelike a unitary system. What we are going to present to the nation today are the considered views of the critical mass of this nation who participated strongly in the results that is being presented today.
“When the issue of restructuring cropped into the public domain last year, the main reason being one more issue with which to trash the Buhari administration. At that point, it was clear that this nation was facing a major issue that needed to be straightened out and we need to find a new reality.
“For President Buhari, the reality was the economic wellbeing of this nation based in the strength of our people and what we canproduce and based on the productivity of Nigerians themselves. Right now, work on that very foundation is virtually complete and this nation is now set on the part of gradual growth,"Abdullahi added.
The national chairman of the APC, John Oyegun while speaking at the party's public presentation on Wednesday, January 31, in Abuja said Nigeria must work towards practising to become a true federalism state.
Oyegun said true federalism involves the devolution of power to the federating units,while states are allowed to determine the nature of local government they want.
Also speaking the spokesperson of the APC, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the party has spent about N150 million to fund the activities of the committee on true federalism.
Abdullahi said the money came from the party coffers and not from the government.
“This is going to be the beginning of a historic event for this nation. It is historic because we have not been at this point before. We have held series of conferences before on how to restructure this country and each time, we always end up with nothing," Abdullahi said.
“Today, we have moved from show piece ofthese conferences to the beginning of a newNigeria. Today, we are going to be partners to the construction of the basic fundamental foundation of where this country truly belongs.
“There is no doubt at all that where we were and where we are today is basically a bastardized kind of federal structure, morelike a unitary system. What we are going to present to the nation today are the considered views of the critical mass of this nation who participated strongly in the results that is being presented today.
“When the issue of restructuring cropped into the public domain last year, the main reason being one more issue with which to trash the Buhari administration. At that point, it was clear that this nation was facing a major issue that needed to be straightened out and we need to find a new reality.
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