{"id":63112,"date":"2018-07-22T01:50:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T00:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63112"},"modified":"2018-07-22T01:50:52","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T00:50:52","slug":"restructuring-nigeria-before-2019-election-is-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/restructuring-nigeria-before-2019-election-is-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA BEFORE 2019 ELECTION IS SIMPLE."},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Nwokedi Nworisara<\/p>\n

All the reasons adduced against restructuring Nigeria before the 2019
\nelections arose from misunderstanding of the term restructuring and what is
\ninvolved. General Gowon who created the first 12 States in 1967 recently
\nsaw it as “impossible” because he imagined that no consensus can be reached
\namongst the over 500 ethnic groups debating the best way out. His reason
\nfor creating States was to allay minority fears about domination and to win
\nthe civil war. Late Gen. Ironsi suspended parts of the 1963 constitution
\nthat guarantees participation and rights because he wanted to ” restore law
\nand order”. He then ruled with decrees and made Nigeria into a unitary
\nsystem of command because of military rule requirements.<\/p>\n

After 50 years we know better about these fears. We know how Nigeria has
\nbecome. Now if we truly desire changes,that is if we do not want the
\npresent conditions to continue,and only on this basis do I continue this
\nanalysis,we have to make fundamental changes in our erroneous beliefs by
\ncorrecting our past mistakes. The first step is to consider the facts on
\nground.
\n1. Nigeria had chosen as a nation only once and established a nation
\nbuilding plan applauded world over. We cannot chose another foundation for
\nNigeria. So the question of choice is out if it. We can only build up on
\nwhat we have as foundation in 1963.<\/p>\n

2. The reason adduced by Late Gen. Ironsi for suspending parts of the
\nconstitution in order to restore law and order has expired. So it is time
\nto restore the suspended constitution since the military is not qualified
\nto decide in the contrary on an issue Nigerians had decided as a nation.<\/p>\n

3. The issue of majority domination has been cleared after 50 years to the
\nextent that we now know that one majority domination was merely replaced
\nwith another. Today we know that the Niger Delta oil does not truly benefit
\nthem but rather another majority group. We know that 13 percent derivation
\nis way lower than 50% but we acknowledge that States creation can remain
\nunder regionalism to ensure that 50% gets to the States concerned.<\/p>\n

4. The issue of expediency to fight and win a civil war has also expired
\nwith the long stretch after the war has ended. Also with the no victor no
\nvanquished declaration,there is no reason why civil war policies should
\npersist\u00a0 in some of these territories. Marshal law ends with the war end
\neverywhere and Nigeria should not be an exception. So those decrees such as
\nland use decree now Acts of the National Assembly are not only null and
\nvoid but can only harm the economy on the long run if allowed to persist.<\/p>\n

5. In the same vein,since the military does not have the peoples mandate to
\nbuild another nation midstream and indeed are incapable of doing so all
\nmilitary decrees and interventions for emergency purposes should be seen as
\nexpired and null and void.
\nWe can retain state creation as long as it conforms to the original
\nprovinces and do not cross old Regional boundaries. If they do then a
\nboundary commission will be set up to correct such in order to retain the
\nstable tripod.<\/p>\n

Now all the National Assembly or individuals or even executive needs to do
\nis sponsor bills to effect the above realities. One of the bills will
\nsimply ask for a declaration that the civil war has ended.
\nIf this declaration is made then it means that all the reasons adduced by
\nGeneral Gowon for making war decrees are null and void since the military
\ncannot indeed decide against what Nigeria has decided. This has nothing to
\ndo with minority concerns which has been tabled since the Wilinks
\nCommission of the late 50s. It only supports the use of Provincial
\nboundaries and retention of\u00a0 States.<\/p>\n

Another bill should seek to clarify whether\u00a0 Late Gen. Ironsi ‘s quest to
\nrestore law and order in Nigeria has been achieved today or not. If it was
\nachieved,then further military engagement was unnecessary. If it was not so
\nthen General Gowon’s intervention and the civil war becomes our basis for
\nanalysis. It will be resolved when a bill seeks to declare the war ended
\nand therefore wars emergency measures closed for all sides. In that case
\nthe petroleum decrees now Acts of National Assembly,the land use decree or
\nActs with much of what you now call the 1999 constitution will be thrown
\noff over night. Let those who have something or the other to gain
\nindividually or in groups know that the call is for them to make personal
\nsacrifices
\nto salvage Nigeria. Of course there are legal ways of compensation due
\nthem. For instance oil wells will continue to produce but only pay
\ncommission to different bodies in accordance to industry practice world
\nwide. It does not mean they lose their licence except in breach of the law.<\/p>\n

So indeed it is very easy to restructure Nigeria next week.<\/p>\n

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