Unijos Hold Symposium Fault FG On Restructuring

The Federal Government on Wednesday was criticised to have mismanaged the Nation called Nigeria which came together as a result of the amalgamation that took place in 1914.

The criticism was based on the fact that marginalization, power sharing, number of federating units, as being mismanaged by FG gave rise for the need to restructure the country.

This discuss formed the topic, at the symposium that took place at the University of Jos, organised by the Department of Sociology.

Speaking at the event, the State Director, Civil Society Organizations (CSO), Comrade Steve Aluko, postulates that restructuring should be geared to favour the common man by bring the dividends of governance to the Local Government council which is an organ that is closer to the people.

Viewing restructuring to be people oriented, Aluko called for the need to review the security apparatus in the country stating that government has failed in its primary role of protecting the lives and properties of its citizens.

He said that for any meaningful restructuring to take place, the chapter two of the 1999 constitution must hold sway, which stipulates that, “the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be a State based on the principles of democracy and social justice and the participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution”.

Aluko called on youths to take the lead in determining how Nigeria is governed because they are the leaders of tomorrow.

Also at the forum, a former General Manager, Nigeria Standard Newspaper, Jonathan Ishaku, said that if there must be restructuring, it must then be restructured to abolish the Presidential system of government and adopt the parliamentary system of governance, stating that the Presidential system has become too expensive to run especially in the mist of the current scarce resources.

Other speakers, like, Professor Alemika, of the Department of sociology, fault Politicians who are calling for restructuring saying that it is only when they don’t find their place in power that they clamor for restructuring.