The Yoruba Youths Congress (YYC)
has demanded that the clamour for restructuring of the country should be
stopped forthwith across the nation, stressing that it is unripe and ill-timed
for national discourse.
The group said the National
Assembly can legislate on certain issues, especially, resource control to favor
the state governments.
YYC said those yearning for
regional government as a form of restructuring do not have the best interest of
the nation at heart.
National leader of the group,
Wale Alake who addressed journalists in Akure, the state capital said there are
more fundamental and basic issues that needed to be addressed urgently before
the ideal of restructuring can be conceived.
Alake noted that there is need to
restructure the minds of our leaders across the country, such that the nation
could have nationalists and selfless leaders as against regionalism and self –
centered leaders.
He said instead of conceiving the
ideal of regionalism, there can be a referendum in the nation on some parts of
the constitution to be amended to address economic restructuring.
The YYC national leadership said
institutions must also be built and strengthened so as to be alive to their
responsibilities and deliver on their mandates.
“We believe that there is no
challenge we face as a nation presently that cannot be overcome if various
institutions of government are strengthened to work at optimum level
“Advocates of restructuring
complain of marginalization in government appointments in various government
agencies, there’s an agency of government to take care of such if it were alive
to it’s responsibilities, such lopsidedness would have been corrected
”If the code of conduct bureau
were alive to its responsibilities corruption would have been made unattractive
and EFCC would have had lesser jobs to do “YYC noted.
The group accused some elites and
the ruling class of being behind the clamour for restructuring, saying it is
not for the benefits of the masses.
“The loudest advocate of
restructuring are the manipulative elites and ruling class who manipulate the
narrative to suit their selfish and parochial interest
”I have not seen or heard any
one of them elucidating on how restructuring would benefit the suffering masses
who on a daily basis are confronted with various problems ranging from hunger
to lack of basin needs of life
“This group of people go as far
as cajoling the masses to take position that are even detrimental to their own
wellbeing
“If Nigeria is restructured are
we going to bring people from mars to run the structure? Isn’t it the same
ruling class that has almost ‘knocked” the engine of the vehicle of this
present structure that ll hold sway at the regional level?
The group said if the agitations
for restructuring is not curtailed it might led to unconscious gravitation
towards secession.
It said the National Assembly is
in the best position to address any issue of socio-economic, political and any
seemingly structural imbalances and expectations.
“There is a government in place
in the country that should be assisted and encouraged to tackle pressing
challenges rather than being stampeded into making hasty and irrational
decisions ” YYC concluded.
Other leaders of the YYC at the
Press conference included, the National President, Prince Dapo Adepoju, Mr.
Awobodede, Deputy National President, Comrade Dayo Joseph, Comrade Olakunle
Ogunleye and representatives of Students Union leaders across the South West.
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