Politicians in the north are scared of restructuring because they are formless outside Nigeria – Prof Pat Utomi

Nigerian professor of political economy, Pat Utomi has explained why he thinks politicians in the north are afraid of restructuring.

Speaking at a virtual media parley ahead of the ‘Never Again’ conference to mark 51 years after the civil war, Utomi made it known that the north largely relies on the federal government for their share of revenue and according to him “has made them really unproductive”. He added that northern politicians are scared of restructuring because they are formless outside Nigeria.

He said;

“There is a real crisis in the north that the south does not understand. They are painters of people who hate each other very much; that is the truth of the matter. That is why they are scared of restructuring because they don’t know where it will lead them, and outside of Nigeria, they are formless; there is no north.”

“It is recalled that Nigeria fought a bitter and internecine 30-month civil war that left in its wake a sharply divided nation with mutual suspicion, hatred and resentment across racial and regional lines. An estimated one million victims were killed immediately before and during the war.

“The conference will x-ray the issues that led to the civil war and the need for patriots to work together to achieve national cohesion, especially in light of several centrifugal tendencies within the polity, he added

7 Comments

  1. Restructuring doesn’t mean that they are going to be separated from the common wealth of the nation but to amend what needs to amend.

  2. Restructuring is long overdue in this country, all the parties that involve wether hausa, Yoruba or Igbo, we need to sit on round table and discuss on how to move this country forward not just be watching few people to be enjoying in this country.

  3. They don’t need to be afraid, all what they need is to sit down and go back to their drawing board, before they engage in farming at least they can still do so, then, why afraid of restructuring?

  4. That is true cuz they don’t do any tangible things for there people and they also even don’t asked them for good thing in other to makes there life better….

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