Nigeria: Total Reinvention of Nigeria Fully Indicated

19 September 2018

RECENTLY, it was reported that Vice President Osinbajo (VPO) had a different view from former Vice President Atiku (FVPA) concerning the type of restructuring that Nigeria needed. While VPO only wanted fiscal restructuring, FVPA wanted both fiscal and geographical restructuring. I must say at the outset, that it is a good thing that both political leaders are agreed that Nigeria needs restructuring, unlike some other political leaders who say all is well and do not see any need to restructure.

For me, I do not only agree that Nigeria should be restructured geographically and fiscally but I believe that Nigeria should be reinvented. This is because a broken bottle can not be repaired, patched or amended. It just has to be re moulded. The breaking of the country did not start today. It did not start with this government, nor the one before, not even the one before that, though some elements in these governments have contributed in some way in the breaking of the country. In my view, the breaking process started when the military led Nigeria to destroy the foundation on which modern Nigeria was built. My Bible asks: "If the foundation be destroyed, what can the righteous do?"

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