Segun Sowunmi, spokesman of the
Atiku Campaign Organisation, says the presidential candidate of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) will restructure the country within one year, if
elected.
Sowunmi said this while speaking
on a programme on Arise Television.
He said Nigerians would have seen
practical restructured activities that government would have embarked on within
one year.
Sowunmi added that the Nigerian
constitution was not created to be an obstacle to development and that the
citizens can determine what they need to change that can give them the desired
growth.
“The first thing Atiku is going
to do once he sets up his government, which will take six months, is that he’s
going to set up a special committee that will look at all of the reports, 1995,
2005, 2014, harmonise them and get what is the commonalities so that we can
know what is consistently being demanded, pull out all the harmonised stuff,
looking at all the things Nigerians have been clamouring for, which of those
things can be signed by an executive order, maybe things that are on the
concurrent list,” he said.
“Then, he will look at the ones
that require him to work with the legislature and stakeholders in the country,
and say look Nigerians, our constitution was not created to be an obstacle to
development. We have the power, as Nigerians, to determine what we need to
change that can give us the growth we need, giving that he’s very good at
building consensus and pulling people together.
“But one thing you can be sure of
is that, within 6 to 8 months, maximum of one year, Nigerians would have seen
practical restructured activities that government would have embarked on.
“You know why? It’s because you
are going to have in the office of the president an Atiku Abubakar, not someone
who is paying lip service to restructuring, somebody who has been standing on
restructuring for such a long time, who has written on restructuring and who
has advocated for restructuring?”
On whether Atiku will spend one
term as he promised, Sowunmi said, “When we get to that bridge, we will
certainly cross it. But what I will say to you is this. Atiku Abubakar keeps
his words and his obligations. What he says or signs up to, you can be rest
assured that he will do it. He’s not a flippant fellow and he doesn’t play to
the gallery.”
Two weeks ago, Sowunmi has said
Atiku will only be in office for four years, after which he will hand power
over to a young person, like Nelson Mandela did.
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