The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has attributed the
crises facing the country on the failure of its leadership to embrace
restructuring.
Adams, who doubles as the
National Coordinator of the Odu’ua Peopes Congress (OPC), spoke in Akure on
Saturday, at a reception organised for him by the Ondo State Government.
He said the Yoruba nation would continue the struggle for
restructuring, because it is the only way forward in actualising the vision of
an economically buoyant and a politically stable Nigeria.
“Without restructuring, how
will Nigeria become an economic and political giant?” asked Adams. “From time
immemorial, resistance to transformation is as legendary as the creation of the
world.
“According to a Yoruba adage,
the flood has the intention of destroying a house but the landlord will not
allow it.”
“And there is no going back
because that is the only way this country can survive,” he said.
“Nigeria is going through various crises today because some leaders
are stubbornly against restructuring.”
“If this country is
restructured in a way that every locality controls the instrumentality of
security, the wanton killings of Nigerians will stop automatically,” he said.
“If this country is
restructured economically, no finance commissioner will be going to Abuja every
month to collect pittance in the name of monthly allocation.
“If this country is
restructured equitably, the current revenue sharing formula in which the
federal government collects 52.68 per cent of centrally-collected revenues in
the Federation Account, leaving states and local governments with 26.72 per
cent and 20.60 per cent will stop.
“If this country is restructured politically, responsible
politicking, through independent candidature, will be introduced into our
polity which will automatically knock out god fatherism from our politics.
“To have an egalitarian
society, restructuring is the answer. We want Nigeria to survive as a nation.
That is why we are agitating that Nigeria must be restructured and our
political and economic powers must derive legitimacy from the people.”
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