A former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar, has said the All Progressives Congress, APC was ignorant about his
proposed plan to restructure Nigeria.
Abubakar, a Presidential aspirant
of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said this while addressing journalists in
Kano, yesterday.
The Waziri of Adamawa noted that
his idea of restructuring was reducing the powers of the Federal Government
while the bulk of responsibilities are shouldered by the geopolitical zones or
the state governments that are closer to the people.
He said, “I think the APC must be
very ignorant because my position on the issue of restructuring dates back to
the reports of constitutional restructuring of 1994.
“If you check the report, you
will find my contributions as far as restructuring is concerned.
“By restructuring, I mean
devolving powers to the states or geopolitical zones as the case may be so that
they can assume greater responsibilities of their respective states or zones.
At the moment, the Federal Government has too much on its plate and it is not able
to pay attention to all parts of the country.
“My belief is that by devolving
more powers to those states or regions, they are closer to the people,
particularly in areas like education, health, infrastructure and so on. I want
to see a lean Federal Government, a small Federal Government.”
“A small Federal Government which
will deal essentially with matters like defense, foreign affairs, currency,
Central Bank and immigration. Very few areas for the Federal Government.”
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