THE EXPLOSIVE WORDS OF JUSTICE IDRIS KUTIGI On June 11th 2014 in the Punch newspaper, the former Chief Justice of Nigeria and the Chairman of President Goodluck Jonathans ongoing constitutional conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, said the following: Most of the southern delegates had said they looked forward to the conference recommending a restructuring of the country and establishing a true federalism that would be characterised by regional autonomy, resource control, state police, among other changes. But their northern counterparts wanted the status quo to remain in terms of the country’s governance structure. They also sought for an increase in revenue allocations from the Federal Government to the states in the North. Going by these positions and those specially presented by different blocs like the North, the South-West, and the South-South, the recommendation of the committees seem to favour the North more than the South. Resource control is not going to happen as long as we (northerners) are part of Nigeria. READ MORE ... bit.ly/1qadmZg
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:10:00 +0000
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