Buhari Fires Critics Over Restructuring Nigeria, Tells Adeboye, Others His Plan

President Muhammadu Buhari led administration has responded to the various outcries by some selected individuals and socio-ethnic groups to restructure Nigeria.

Brandnewsday reports that President Buhari in a statement signed by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, stated that his administration will not succumb to threats and undue pressure over the matter.

This was as a corollary of Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) appealed  Buhari to restructure Nigeria to avoid the possibility of break up.

In a similar vein, a few socio-cultural groups including Ohaneze Ndigbo and Afenifere, as well as Niger Delta agitators and individuals have renewed the call for restructuring of Nigeria.

However, President Buhari rubbished the recurring threats as unpatriotic outbursts, adding that the government would not take any decision against the interest of 200 million Nigerians.

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The statement reads in part: ”The Presidency responds to the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country with factions giving specific timelines for the President to do one thing or another or else, in their language, “the nation will break up.

”This is to warn that such unpatriotic outbursts are unhelpful and unwarranted as this government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to deal with the security challenges facing it at a time of the Covid-19 health crisis.”

The statement further reads: ”Repeat: this administration will not take any decision against the interests of 200 million Nigerians, who are the President’s first responsibility under the constitution, out of fear or threats especially in this hour of a health crisis.”

Buhari added that as an elected leader under this constitution, he would continue to work with patriotic Nigerians in line with the Parliamentary processes to finding solutions to issues affecting the growth and wellbeing of the nation and its people.