Restructuring: Fayose Says Presidency is Deaf To Voice of Reason

Mr. Ayodele Fayose, who is the Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, has, while throwing the support of the People Democratic Party’s Governors Forum behind the restructuring of Nigeria, said the presidency is deaf to the voice of reason.

Fayose said, “The APC governors have not just been saying it. Aregbesola said it, Ajimobi and a host of others in the APC have said it; and now, they have said it as a group and we support their call for restructuring. But the problem I have is that the Presidency is deaf to the voice of reason.”

“But even if the Presidency is not going to respect the governors, what about those respected national leaders who have been calling for restructuring? Gen. Abdulsalami (Abubakar), has called for restructuring; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for restructuring; respected southerners and northerners have done so and even IBB has today (yesterday) urged the government to restructure, but like I said, the Presidency is deaf to the voice of reason.”

“The 2014 National Conference report is there and it contains recommendations made by Nigerians on how this country could be moved forward but the APC-led Federal Government is not interested in it and it has put the report on the shelf because everything about (ex-President Goodluck) Jonathan is bad.”

“But if a government is always blaming yesterday for today’s failure and you are not showing us a promising future, then the APC government, as led by President (Muhammadu) Buhari, has failed. As far as we are concerned in the PDP Governors Forum and the party at large, this country must be restructured.”

“Nigerians will sit together and agree on conditions for national integration, mutual understanding, cohesion, governance structure, peaceful coexistence and respect for one another.”

He added, “Even in marriage, you must first agree to live together before you can discuss how to handle your resources. The current agitation will not go away if you continue to suppress the people while a particular ethnic group is lording it over others. It’s not going to work. That is why they should listen to Nnamdi Kanu because he represents the thought of the new generations of the Igbo.”