APC are naive over principles of restructuring — says Ohaneze, ADF
Nnia Nwodo led Ohanaeze Ndigbo and the Alaigbo Development Forum, ADF, led by Prof. Uzodinma Nwala, have collectively struck hard on the Muhammadu Buhari APC-led administration over claims that restructuring has begun.
Recall that the All Progressives Congress, APC, had alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced restructuring with financial autonomy to Local Governments and the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage,
Dismissing this claim, Chief Nnia Nwodo, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Emeka Attamah said that granting the local governments financial autonomy does not translate to states or geopolitical zones being in control of their natural resources.
“It is either the APC are naive and don’t know the basic principles of restructuring or they are being outrightly mischievous and deliberately insulting the proponents of restructuring. APC should know that restructuring is an idea whose time has come and there is no stopping it.
“It is either the people claiming that are naive and don’t know the basic principles of restructuring or they are being outrightly mischievous in which case they are deliberately insulting the proponents of restructuring.
Nnia Nwodo further said that “Such people don’t wish the country well. Granting the local governments financial autonomy does not translate to states or geopolitical zones being in control of their natural resources; it does not translate to devolution of powers to the geopolitical units in the country; it also doesn’t translate to people having equal access to employment and justice.
“What such people don’t know is that for an idea whose time has come, there is no stopping it. No one part of the country can hold others in perpetual bondage. Something must give, and it will be sooner than some people expect it”.
Nwada Ugocchinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
