Former Vice President, Atiku
Abubakar has stated that the APC-led Senate has betrayed its pre-election
promises by blocking the passage of Bill No. 3, which would have granted
devolution of powers to the states.
The APC chieftain described the
decision as shocking and saddening in a statement released from his media
office on Thursday.
Atiku, also said that he was
“shocked by some so-called progressives’ visceral and cynical opposition to
restructuring”.
He decried the reluctance of
democratically elected lawmakers to remove “the insidious structural
impediments to development, which decades of military rule had hoisted upon our
nation.”
He said, “instead of building the
foundations for a true federation, a small group of so-called progressive
Senators decided to stick with the new party line, pretending they didn’t know
what restructuring was all about, and that even if they knew, it couldn’t be
done.
“I think this is disingenuous and
I think it is a sad day for our party. But I’m confident the APC will learn the
right lesson from this self-inflicted defeat, and remember the mission and
mandate given to us by the people.”
“Let me be clear: Restructuring
is no panacea to all our nation’s problems. But devolving resources and
responsibilities from an overbearing, unresponsive, and ineffective federal
government to the states is the first step we must make if we are serious about
putting our nation back on track, and our people back to work,” he said.
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keep speaking up sir whether out of selfishness or selflessness, I like men who stand up for something no matter whose ox is gored
ReplyDeleteAtiku atiku, moving back to pdp again. This man can change party 100 times just to fulfil his selfish ambition of becoming the president
ReplyDeleteYes let him move, he will do better.
ReplyDeleteTHE TIME IS RIPE FOR THIS MAN. AM NOT A POLITICIAN BUT I KNOW THE TIME IS RIPE FOR HIM.ALL HE NEEDS IS TO BE ON THE SIDE OF NIGERIANS, OKPARI.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm..all we need is God's intervention and nothing more,he's only one to take us to the promise land.
ReplyDeleteSeriously?
DeleteI beg, Atiku go sit down. Wetin you talk na true. But you go do the same IF you get there. All this talk, na vote you dey find
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmm. Nigerians weldon
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