The Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF,
has stated that it is open to dialogue with other regions on the issue of
restructuring the country.
Chairman of NEF, Paul Unongo,
said this while speaking with Punch on Sunday.
He said the forum would respect
any view that would strengthen the unity of the country with equal rights and
opportunities for all citizens.
Unogo spoke in reaction to a
statement by a former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Tinubu had at a lecture organised
by the King’s College Old Boys’ Association in Lagos, stated that Nigeria
needed restructuring for correct balance.
NEF however maintained that the
region, because of its political and geographical advantages, would not be
stampeded into taking decisions that would be inimical to its development.
He said, “The North is very open
to dialogue. I am the chairman of the northern elders and nobody can say we
will not encourage dialogue. We love Nigeria but we will not be stampeded into
carrying out someone’s agenda.
“The uneducated North of
pre-independence times was not the same North of today. Today, we have Ph.D
holders in every discipline.
“We told Awolowo to reject
independence until Nigeria was divided into more equal parts. Awo said we
shouldn’t worry and that once we gained independence, this would be done. I
said I knew this would not be done. Today, Awo is dead and we are independent.
“We spoke in 1957 and today is
2017, that is about 60 years ago. Because I was a small boy carrying Tarka’s
bag, they didn’t listen to me. Today, we understand the advantage of being a
big region.
“So, if today, you don’t offer
them anything and you say give us your advantage so that we can have a
restructured Nigeria; and with the way the Igbos are doing their own agitation,
I don’t think you will get many responses from the North.
“I think we need a dialogue. I
will be prepared to do that and I will remind them of what I said in 1957 and
how my prediction came true.
“It will not be easy for the
North to say take away our advantages and give us nothing. They (southern
elements) were the ones that allowed the British to do this.
“I told Awolowo that no one would
allow you to create more regions after independence.”
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