North Would Be The Biggest Beneficiary Of Restructuring – Nasir el-Rufai

El-Rufai Calls For Nigeria’s Restructuring

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has noted that the north is ready for restructuring and the region would be its biggest beneficiary.

This, El-rufai said yesterday in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, while speaking at a colloquium put in place to celebrate the 80th birthday anniversary of Bisi Akande, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said most of those who are against restructuring are not speaking the people’s mind as many of them do not hold elective positions.

He said restructuring have been exploited by some Nigerians who had no clear plans or implementation strategy

“The coincidence of the mind-set of most of the military leaders being of northern origin must not be confused with that of the ordinary northerner,” the governor said.

“I want to state here and now, that not only is the north ready, willing and able to embrace inclusive restructuring of our polity, but to add that those that speak loudly against it represent no one. Most of them have never held elective offices, and therefore do not appreciate that the north with its natural endowments stands to be the biggest beneficiary of restructuring.

“With all sense of responsibility, I believe some Nigerians have made a career and livelihood around restructuring without deep thought, or a clear plan or implementation strategy. For them, it is a tool to alienate rather than convert our compatriots to the nation-building imperative that restructuring offers.

“Rather than the hard graft of solving our governance problems, this group would rather grab headlines and mouth sound-bites at opportunities like this. You can almost sense that this people actually dread restructuring becoming public policy, having succeeded in living off a serious national imperative for so long. We must be mindful of this class of people.”