Insecurity: ‘Governors Are Not In Charge,’ Adegboruwa SAN Backs Call For Dialogue

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has supported
the call for a national dialogue to address the insecurity and
other problems in the country.

Speaking on Friday when he featured as a guest on Sunrise Daily,
he believes state governors are handicapped to address the
challenges in their various domains.

“Look at what is going on in the land – insecurity. Farmers
cannot go to work, you cannot even travel within your local entity,
and the governors are not in charge because they don’t have control
over security,” the senior lawyer said during an interview on the
Channels Television breakfast programme.

He added, “The governors are not in charge because they cannot
harness the resources in their states for the benefit of their
people; the governors are not in charge because they go to Abuja
every month to go and beg for money, in a federation.

“The governors are not in charge because even universities that
they established and they call state universities, it is the
Federal Government that will determine who can get admission into
the university that is being funded by a state; the governors are
not in charge because they cannot even generate electricity for
their own people even though they have the resources.”

A Federation Called Nigeria
State governors in the South met on Tuesday in Asaba, the Delta
State capital where they resolved to ban open grazing and movement
of cattle by foot and called for a national dialogue to address the
agitations by various groups in the region.

They put aside their political differences to demand a
restructuring of the country along with fiscal federalism,
devolution of powers, and state police, among other demands.

Supporting the position of the governors, Adegboruwa stated that
the action of the leaders was a reflection of the will and desire
of Nigerians.

According to him, there seems to be so much confusion in the
land and there is a need for a cohesive discussion that will
provide a meaning of what the Nigerian Federation is all about.

The senior advocate noted that the All Progressives Congress
hinted at the devolution of powers and amending the Constitution in
its manifesto while seeking to take over power at the centre in the
build-up to the 2015 general elections.

He explained that it was important to ensure sub-nationals and
the people have a say in how they were governed and in how their
resources were being utilised.

“That has not happened since 2015 up till now,” Adegboruwa said,
adding, “It is important that at the stage we are now, we should
not be pretending that there is a federation called Nigeria; we
should determine the terms of that federation.”

“We should dismantle the constitution and get us a new document
that will define what indeed should be the terms of our
togetherness, I think that’s what the governors mean by there is a
need for a national conference,” he affirmed.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has supported
the call for a national dialogue to address the insecurity and
other problems in the country.

Speaking on Friday when he featured as a guest on Sunrise Daily,
he believes state governors are handicapped to address the
challenges in their various domains.

“Look at what is going on in the land – insecurity. Farmers
cannot go to work, you cannot even travel within your local entity,
and the governors are not in charge because they don’t have control
over security,” the senior lawyer said during an interview on the
Channels Television breakfast programme.

He added, “The governors are not in charge because they cannot
harness the resources in their states for the benefit of their
people; the governors are not in charge because they go to Abuja
every month to go and beg for money, in a federation.

“The governors are not in charge because even universities that
they established and they call state universities, it is the
Federal Government that will determine who can get admission into
the university that is being funded by a state; the governors are
not in charge because they cannot even generate electricity for
their own people even though they have the resources.”

A Federation Called Nigeria
State governors in the South met on Tuesday in Asaba, the Delta
State capital where they resolved to ban open grazing and movement
of cattle by foot and called for a national dialogue to address the
agitations by various groups in the region.

They put aside their political differences to demand a
restructuring of the country along with fiscal federalism,
devolution of powers, and state police, among other demands.

Supporting the position of the governors, Adegboruwa stated that
the action of the leaders was a reflection of the will and desire
of Nigerians.

According to him, there seems to be so much confusion in the
land and there is a need for a cohesive discussion that will
provide a meaning of what the Nigerian Federation is all about.

The senior advocate noted that the All Progressives Congress
hinted at the devolution of powers and amending the Constitution in
its manifesto while seeking to take over power at the centre in the
build-up to the 2015 general elections.

He explained that it was important to ensure sub-nationals and
the people have a say in how they were governed and in how their
resources were being utilised.

“That has not happened since 2015 up till now,” Adegboruwa said,
adding, “It is important that at the stage we are now, we should
not be pretending that there is a federation called Nigeria; we
should determine the terms of that federation.”

“We should dismantle the constitution and get us a new document
that will define what indeed should be the terms of our
togetherness, I think that’s what the governors mean by there is a
need for a national conference,” he affirmed.