LAWAN FAULTS RESTRUCTURING REQUEST BY SOUTHERN GOVERNMENT FORUM
POLITICS - Posted on: 14th May. 2021 at 7:28PM
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has defected the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum's meeting and its request for restructuring.
Lawan who stated this on Thursday in an interview with State House Representatives, Abuja, stressed that leaders should rather than seeking for restructuring via the Federal Government, work on their states to achieve the restructuring.
He, after the Eid'el-Fitr prayers, said, “I believe that, as leaders, especially those of us who are elected into office should not be at the forefront of calling for this kind of thing (restructuring).
“Because, even if you are a governor, you are supposed to be working hard in your state to ensure that this restructuring you are calling for at the federal level, you have done it in your state as well.
“What you may accuse the Federal Government of, whatever it is, you may also be accused of the same thing in your state.
“So, we are supposed to ensure that we have a complete and total way of ensuring that our systems at the federal, state and even local government levels work for the nation.
“We should avoid regionalism. We are all leaders and we are in this together.
“The solutions to our challenges must come from us regardless of what level of government we are.
“Whether at the federal, state or the local government level.
“I believe that Nigeria is going to come out of these challenges stronger.”
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Rep, Gbajabiamila Femi supported the Senate President, saying, “If truth be told, we all have equal shares in the blame for what’s happening today.
“Whatever challenges we have, we must all come together to make sure that we resolve these issues we’re facing.”
By Mary Abazuo
President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan has defected the resolution of the Southern Governors Forum's meeting and its request for restructuring. Lawan who stated this on Thursday in an interview with State House Representatives, Abuja, stressed that leaders should rather than seeking for restructuring via the Federal Government, work on their states to achieve the restructuring.
He, after the Eid'el-Fitr prayers, said, “I believe that, as leaders, especially those of us who are elected into office should not be at the forefront of calling for this kind of thing (restructuring).
“Because, even if you are a governor, you are supposed to be working hard in your state to ensure that this restructuring you are calling for at the federal level, you have done it in your state as well.
“What you may accuse the Federal Government of, whatever it is, you may also be accused of the same thing in your state.
“So, we are supposed to ensure that we have a complete and total way of ensuring that our systems at the federal, state and even local government levels work for the nation.
“We should avoid regionalism. We are all leaders and we are in this together.
“The solutions to our challenges must come from us regardless of what level of government we are.
“Whether at the federal, state or the local government level.
“I believe that Nigeria is going to come out of these challenges stronger.”
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Rep, Gbajabiamila Femi supported the Senate President, saying, “If truth be told, we all have equal shares in the blame for what’s happening today.
“Whatever challenges we have, we must all come together to make sure that we resolve these issues we’re facing.”
By Mary Abazuo
Posted by: Mary Abazuo
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