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Finally, Buhari Reveals Why Jonathan’s 2014 Confab Report, Others Were Dumped
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally opened up why the former President Good luck Jonathan’s 2014 National Conference (CONFAB) report as well as the recent All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee report on Restructuring led by Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, were dumped and cast to the dust bin.
BIGPENNGR reports that Buhari opened up on Saturday in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Apparently referring to the 2014 CONFAB report and recent agitations for restructuring, Buhari said; “there is no government in the world that will cede their authority to the people that are not elected.”
The 2014 CONFAB was a convocation of delegates comprises of critical stakeholders and leaders of ethnic nationalities and geopolitical zones in the country at a time the country was yearning for national dialogue.
However, the Sovereign National Conference report later ran into troubled waters at the national assembly and would later be discarded and never saw the light of the day till date.
Other reports including the All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee report on Restructuring led by Governor Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, also followed the same route.
Speaking as a Special Guest of Honour during the launch of the Kudirat Abiola Sabon Gari, Zaria Peace Foundation which took place at Ahmadu Bello University Hotels, Zaria, Kaduna State, President Buhari, said that no government in the world that will cede their authority to the people that are not elected, apparently referring to unelected delegates to 2014 CONFAB.
According to him, those calling for separation of Nigeria are only doing so to destabilize his government, urging the agitators to go back and meet their representatives in the House of Assembly and ask for whatever amendment should be made to the constitution.
He equally said, those agitating for separation of the country are ignorant of war and its consequences.
He said, “You are telling us to devolve a system and call for an obscure conference to come and discuss how we can move forward as a nation, that can never be done and no country will agree to that.”
Buhari’s representative warned that those agitating for separation are naive and ignorant of war.
Buhari said that the nation is not restructuring, adding that most people carrying the subject do not even understand what they are talking about.
“And again, those who are discussing restructuring, my question is what are you going to restructure?” Buhari asked.
“If you ask many Nigerians what are they going to restructure, you will find out that they have nothing to talk about. Some of them have not even studied the 1999 constitution. The 1999 constitution is almost 70 to 80 percent 1979 constitution.
“The other issue is that those who are calling for restructuring and conference on what they call ethnic nationality, if you go to Southern Kaduna, Taraba, who is to represent them? We have different combinations of ethnicities in many states. Even Kano and Kaduna Igbo have properties. The same goes with Yorubas.
“There are Fulani in Port Harcourt. So those calling for separation or restructuring, some of them I will say are very naive or even mischievously dangerous. Those agitating for restructuring are ignorant of war and its consequences because Nigeria is a dominant force in west Africa.
“There is no government in the world that will cede their authority to the people that are not elected.
“You are telling us to resolve a system and call for an obscure conference to come and discuss how we can move forward as a nation, that can never be done and no country will agree to that.
“So those who are doing that should go back and meet their representatives in the House of Assembly and ask for whatever amendment of the constitution. Due process should be followed.”
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