A group under the aegis of
Conference of National Autonomous Ethnic Communities Development Association
(CONAECDA) in the northern Nigeria has stated restructuring cannot be done on
the basis of any group or political party’s ideas, but on national consensus.
In statement jointly signed by
the National Coordinator, Zuwaqu Kali Abungon Bonnat, General Secretary,
Suleman Dauda Sukukum and the Conference President, Da. Ericson Fom, urged
Northern Governors to intensify efforts towards the implementation of the 2014
National Conference convened by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
“We’re concerned about efforts of
some categories of people to chart new agenda on the quest for national
restructuring.
“These are the positions of the
Northern State Governors’ Forum and Northern traditional rulers on one hand,
the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on another hand, and the renewed
positions of many other agitators.
“Any position presented by the
Northern governors and traditional rulers’ committee, if it does not engage
properly with our people, will be considered as the opinion of the committee
and not of the over 400 ethnic nationalities of the North.
“We believe a common position can
be achieved where honest dialogue is allowed and the opinion of the diverse
peoples of the geographical North, cutting across ethnic and religious
communities, is sought and respected.
“A political party is not the
same as the Federal Government of Nigeria. This is why we consider it needful
to make it public and to advise the APC leadership and committee on
restructuring to consider their assignment and the outcome to be strictly a
party affair, which should be subjected to national scrutiny and consensus.
“It is a dangerous trend to have
situations whereby political parties or successive governments jettison the
outcome of a national dialogue involving all key stakeholders, such as ethnic
nationalities, political parties, religious leaders, civil society, security
agencies, and traditional rulers that produced acceptable resolutions simply
because they were carried out by different individuals, governments or
political parties,” the statement read.
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