Restructuring will not be given to us freely or on a platter of gold - FFK
Former minister of aviation Femi Fani Kayode has said on Facebook post on Thursday July 27 when speaking on the backdrop of the Senate vote to reject a proposal to amend the 1999 Constitution to devolve more powers to the states.
Femi stated that those agitating for restructuring may need to take it by force because Nigeria will never be restructured through constitutional means or the National Assembly.
Kayode said the northern region which exercises control of the National Assembly will always block any move to restructure the country.
He said: “From henceforth let it be clearly understood by all, including those that desire restructuring but who gave never participated in Nigerian politics, that we can never achieve it through the existing constitutional structure or the National Assembly.
“This is because the system is rigged and designed to protect and preserve itself and because the core north effectively has a power of veto in the National Assembly which it will always exercise in order to block any form of restructuring.
“It is this point that people like Nnamdi Kanu and other ethnic nationalist leaders came to appreciate long ago and it explains their "hardline" posture on these issues.
The bottom line is as follows: restructuring will not be given to us freely or on a platter of gold.
It must be taken and if necessary it must be taken by force.”
Femi stated that those agitating for restructuring may need to take it by force because Nigeria will never be restructured through constitutional means or the National Assembly.
Kayode said the northern region which exercises control of the National Assembly will always block any move to restructure the country.
He said: “From henceforth let it be clearly understood by all, including those that desire restructuring but who gave never participated in Nigerian politics, that we can never achieve it through the existing constitutional structure or the National Assembly.
“This is because the system is rigged and designed to protect and preserve itself and because the core north effectively has a power of veto in the National Assembly which it will always exercise in order to block any form of restructuring.
“It is this point that people like Nnamdi Kanu and other ethnic nationalist leaders came to appreciate long ago and it explains their "hardline" posture on these issues.
The bottom line is as follows: restructuring will not be given to us freely or on a platter of gold.
It must be taken and if necessary it must be taken by force.”
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