Obi of Onitsha and chairman of Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers, Igwe Alfred Achebe has thrown his weight behind the need to restructure Nigeria.
Igwe Achebe, in a lecture in Awka yesterday as part of activities marking the 25th anniversary of the creation of Anambra State, said that the prevailing situations and challenges across Nigeria had necessitated a review of the governance structure of the country.
Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, recently lambasted Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, for opposing restructuring.
In the lecture titled, “Think Nigeria, Invest in Anambra”, the Igwe said the growing support for restructuring, including ethnic nationalities and prominent individuals, was a clear sign that many Nigerians believe in the idea.
He recalled that former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubarkar said that restructuring would make governance less centralized, less suffocating and less dictatorial.
He also recalled that the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alhaji Dahiru Musdafar, recently made the call when he noted that the 2015 presidential election further divided the country along ethnic, religious, regional and partisan lines.
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