by Eze Eluchie,
Considering the
growing acceptance of the Call for the Restructuring and Renegotiation of
Nigeria and the fact that the Call is now being misinterpreted and
misrepresented by persons who may obviate the true intents, it has become
imperative to state in succinct terms, the imperatives of the Restructuring and
Renegotiation in the Nigerian context.
· *Full fiscal federalism - Ownership Of
resources residing in component units of the Federation will rest with such
component units, with payment of agreed taxes to support the Federal
Government.
· *Clarifying who and what a Nigerian
means. Definition of a Nigerian. Entitlements based on Nationality and Residency
over specific period and not ‘State of Origin’. The practice of Nigerians being
discriminated against in Nigeria must cease.
· *Component units of the Federation shall
be at liberty to determine local administration. Local Government Area
administration, delineation and structures must be removed from the purview of
the Federal Government and Federal Constitution.
· *Nigeria remains a secular state. Religion
is strictly a private matter. Religious codes and dictates, which are not
embodied in either the Criminal and or Penal codes operative in Nigeria, are
not to be enforced by state authority.
· *Need for a proper Constitution for
the Federal republic. In recognition of the fact that the document being
paraded as the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 was fraudulently foisted on the
polity and that the territory known as Nigeria is not sacrosanct, the component
peoples of Nigeria will decide at a properly convoked assembly, on terms and
nature of continued federation.
It must be realized that those who make efforts at the peaceful restructuring and renegotiation of Nigeria impossible are responsible for the descent into violent and unchartered disintegration that is fast becoming inevitable.
It must be realized that those who make efforts at the peaceful restructuring and renegotiation of Nigeria impossible are responsible for the descent into violent and unchartered disintegration that is fast becoming inevitable.
Picture: Map of Nigeria
depicting its current fluid six geopolitical zones.
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