Abuja (Sundiata Post) – President General of the apex Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, has called for urgent restructuring of Nigeria before it slides into uncontrollable crises.
Nwodo said Nigeria is a world power, but if it continues to be wrongly administered, it will continue to be a laughing stock.
He made the call in Abuja, yesterday, at a live political programme on African Independent Television (AIT).
According to him, “Unless we restructure this country, we will slide into an uncontrollable crisis.”
Nwodo informed that Nigeria had all the potentials of a world power given its growing population, but stood to lose out if it was denied proper administrative structure. “
The president general reiterated his earlier stand that Ndigbo remained the most marginalised in the country, despite their commitment to the nation, lamenting that the country’s body politic was insensitive to the plight of Ndigbo, despite their overwhelming contributions to the socio- political and economic development of the country.
Nwodo expressed regrets that the Nigeria system as currently constituted killed endeavor and discouraged productivity.
On how to go about the restructuring, the Ohanaeze boss suggested a revisit of the 2014 National Conference, which had Nigerians from all sectors and was headed by a former Chief Justice of Nigeria.
He said that resources used in organizing the conference should not be wasted just because some people did not like the administration that set it up.
On the advantages of restructuring, Nwodo examined the declining importance of oil as a major source of revenue. He gave examples of the Netherlands and California both of which built their strong economies out of agriculture and human capital development and maintained that restructuring was the surest way to attain fastest economic growth for Nigeria.
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