Oyegun

National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun says the country is currently running a bastardized federal structure.

At the public presentation of the party’s Report on True Federalism held at the Ladi Kwali Hall of the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja on Wednesday, Oyegun said only true federalism which has been the campaign of the party can correct the country’s warped political structure.

His words: “This is going to be the beginning of a historic event for this nation. It is a historic event because we have not been at this point before.

“We have held series of conferences before on how to restructure the constitution of this country and each time we always end up with nothing. Today we have moved from set piece conferences to the beginning of a new Nigeria.

“Today, we are going to be partners in the construction of the basic fundamental foundation that will truly weld this country together. There is no doubt at all that where we were and where we are today is basically a bastardized kind of federal structure, more like a unitary system.

“What we are going to present to the nation today are the considered views of the critical mass of this nation who participated strongly and intensely in the results that is being presented today.

He continued: “When the issue of restructuring cropped into the public domain last year, the main reason being one more reason to trash the Buhari administration. At that point, it was clear that this nation was facing a major issue that needed to be straightened out and we need to find a new reality.   

“For President Buhari, the reality was the economic well-being of this nation based on the strength of our people and what we can produce and based on the productivity of Nigerians themselves.”