The Nationwide Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Get together, Debo Ologunagba, has known as for an modification to the nation’s structure to make sure that a newly-elected President shouldn’t be sworn in till all election petitions have been decided by the courtroom.
In response to him, the primary seven months of President Bola Tinubu’s administration had been wasted as a result of he was distracted or preoccupied by election petitions and he couldn’t focus on governance.
This, he mentioned, was a part of the explanations for the financial disaster the nation is at the moment going through.
Ologunagba expressed these views in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday.
He argued that given the present financial disaster, there was no higher time to restructure the nation.
The nation is battling a surge in abductions for ransom and killings by non-state actors. Additionally, the escalating price of meals has created difficulties for a lot of Nigerians.
Commenting on the state of the nation, the PDP spokesman mentioned, “I perceive the Nationwide Meeting is discussing constitutional reforms, and as a celebration, we’re organising ourselves. One of many points we are going to search to amend is the electoral regulation. We’ll advocate that elected officers be sworn in solely after the conclusion of all authorized battles.
“There may be hardship and insecurity as a result of the federal government was not lively. Through the first seven months of this administration, we had been in courtroom, so the federal government didn’t operate; it was preoccupied with defending itself. Consequently, in a four-year tenure, we misplaced 9 months to litigation.
“Moreover, we have to handle true federalism. Why ought to native governments be enshrined within the structure? This fosters incompetence, favoritism, and complacency. For instance, Kano State has 44 native governments, Lagos State has 20, and Katsina has 34. These disparities contribute to the injustices in our nation, necessitating restructuring.
“Now could be the opportune second to restructure the nation. Restructuring has all the time been the stance of the PDP. We mentioned restructuring once we had been in energy however didn’t take concrete steps to implement it. If initiated now, it may assist alleviate a few of the present nationwide challenges.”
He mentioned restructuring ought to now not be a mere rhetoric however ought to relatively be taken critically.
“Even our presidential candidate had a doc on restructuring. Because the 2014 Convention below former President Goodluck Jonathan, we’ve been advocating restructuring. Nonetheless, the identical people within the All Progressives Congress opposed it.
“We initiated it as a result of our nation is various — linguistically, religiously, and ethnically. The one strategy to progress and deal with these challenges is thru restructuring. It’s going to instill a way of possession and belonging throughout all sectors,” he mentioned.