Restructure of Nigerian states

SLUG: OHANEZE NDIGBO 2018 SUMMIT

Ndigbo harp on Restricting of Nigerian states with additional state for South East.

The roadmap to achieving a virile economy devoid of insecurity and inequality in the sharing of natural resource was debated as the veritable instrument to place restructuring of Nigerian states as the solution of issues arisen from National questions.

Issues about power rotation, appropriation of revenue accrued to natural resources which should be domicile in the  account of the producing states and the need for the country to re-negotiate the state of the nation, against what was forced on the people by the military in the build-up to the  1999 constitution, been debated about to be fin-tuned and  have more democratic inputs.

These were the issues concluded as their resolution to  the national questions being raised under a restructured Nigerian,  at the  South Eastern state summit that include the 7 Igbo speaking state .

Delivering his speech at the South East  Ohaneze Ndigbo Summit held in Awka, the former governor of the central bank, Professor Charles Soludo  read out a 21 point solution which he postulates should serve as a guide to actualized a 21^st centaury restructured Nigeria that would in no distance time be competing favorable with the developed world economy.

The governor of Anmabra state , Willie Obiano support the drive that will allow for equitable distribution of wealth and the provision of virile competition among the federal unit under a restructured economy to allow all regions compete on their product they have comperative advantage over others.

Different participants at the summit buttress the need for the restructuring of Nigeria to happen now that many issues demanding national solutions which present structure of the nation economy lack the locus to proffer solution to.

They enjoined the national assembly to act speedily to set the ball rolling to enable the nation that its unity is under question regains its feat in the face of the nascent insecurity and economic challenges.

to discuss on the way Nigerian structure would be negotiated was infiltrated  by some member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was tried to disrupt the exercise by shouting down on various speakers, insisting that the zone needs nothing but a referendum to their self determination.