Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose has called on Nigerians to
reject the All Progressives Congress, APC, committee on restructuring.
“It is dead on arrival and a ruse. It is a blatant attempt
to draw the wool over the eyes of Nigerians”, he said in a statement Thursday
night by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi.
Fayose, chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, said the
committee was unnecessary since Nigerians in their large numbers, cutting
across party, regional, ethnic, social, and religious backgrounds have
overwhelming voted for immediate restructuring of the polity.
“This APC distraction is meant to deceive Nigerians one more
time. Nigerians must unequivocally reject it. They have deceived us enough and
we must not allow them deceive us again”, he said.
“APC and its government at the centre have failed on all
fronts and have not delivered on their promises to the electorate.
“They have lived in denial and have spent the last two years
either blaming everyone else but themselves for their cluelessness or
repudiating their election promises.
“Whereas they promised restructuring in their party
manifesto, they have come out openly to deny this obvious fact. So, who does
not know that their so-called committee is an ingenious attempt to deceive and
sweep the raging storm over restructuring under the carpet?
“This is a government that specialises in sweeping serious
national issues under the carpet. The report of the presidential investigative
committee on the alleged corrupt activities of two principal officers of the
Buhari administration has been swept under the carpet. My protest letter to the
acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on this issue has not received the
speedy attention it deserves”, he said
Fayose noted that APC has nothing new to say on
restructuring, adding that “Nigerians have spoken and have spoken clearly and
unambiguously that they want restructuring and that they want it without delay.
“Delay is dangerous. Nigerians have said they want
restructuring now; no hanky-panky and no pulling of the wool over our eyes.
“Rather than this time-buying committee, the APC government
should make haste to respect the overwhelming views of Nigerians on
restructuring. The 2014 Political Conference Report is there; the
APC-government should swallow its vain pride and revisit it.
“APC as a political party must know that it is not bigger
than Nigerians; it is not even up to 5% of the population of the country.
Rather than waste resources on a wild-goose chase, there are more pressing
needs to urgently attend to, such as the spiralling violence all over the
country, resurging Boko Haram, an economy that gets worse by the day, and a
suffering, hunger, and misery never-before imagined in the land if this country
must be salvaged from the dangerous edge of the precipice”.
By Wale Odunsi
