Atiku’s restructuring plan not clear – Umeh

The senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District,
Chief Victor Umeh, on Friday, said the restructuring plan outlined
by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party,
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was not clear.

Umeh, who said restructuring was integral to Nigeria’s
development in all ramifications, however, noted that it should not
be reduced to mere political propaganda.

He said both the All Progressives Congress and the PDP had not
shown strong commitments to restructuring, the way Nigerians
desired it.

Umeh added that the recommendations of the 2014 National
Constitutional Conference should be revisited.

He said Nigeria would not make any progress without the
implementation of the recommendations of the confab.

Umeh noted that any political party that did not commit to
restructuring in specific terms did not wish the country well.

“That national conference had far-reaching decisions that would
help this country.

“It also had the best brains in the country from all walks of
life, numbering over 400.

“Restructuring Nigeria would make the economy of the states to
rebound because people will return to their original source of
comparative advantage, as the zones will become competitive, and
not what we have today where state government officials go to Abuja
monthly to collect allocations.

“Both the APC and the PDP have not made firm commitments to
restructuring Nigeria, and any party that does not see
restructuring as the cynosure of all eyes does not wish Nigeria
well,” he said.

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