Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in February 16 presidential election, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku have always opposed restructuring of the country.
The vice president who was the chairman at the Bisi Akande Colloquium with the theme: “Nigeria: Achieving National Unity Through Peaceful Restructuring”, said Nigerian have to be careful and vigilant “because they have not changed”.
He specifically mentioned how the government of Olusegun Obasanjo/Abubakar Atiku withheld allocations to local government areas over creation of additional local government areas.
He explained that for effective restructuring, there must be strong states and devolution of powers.
According to him, states should be able to develop at their own space within their resources.
Osinbajo who admitted that truly Nigeria need restructuring, said, “It is necessary that we strengthen the states so that we can have a rapid…
