By Elizabeth Adegbesan
LAGOS—The Emir of Kano, Mallam Sanusi Lamido, yesterday, lent his voice to the growing calls for restructuring of the country, saying Nigeria should be restructured to reduce cost of governance.
Speaking in Lagos, in a keynote address, entitled: ‘’Prosperity and Peace’’ at the centenary event of Union Bank, tagged: “The next 100: A call to action (2017-2117)”, Sanusi said: “We have a constitution that says we must have a governor and a deputy governor and a state government assembly in every state. We have president and vice president. We have 109 senators, over 300 members of the House of Representatives. We have over 774 local government chairmen, and in each local government we have 10 councillors and a speaker. Yet you are surprised that we spend 80 to 90 percent of our budget on public servants.
“How do you reduce cost of governance…
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