GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I’S PASSION FOR RESTRUCTURING THE NIGERIAN STATE: SOME COMMENTS ON HIS ADVOCACY
Governor El-Rufai is reputed to have said that those northerners opposing restructuring are not speaking for the north but for themselves. He said this during the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja.He said that Northern Nigeria will be the “biggest beneficiary”, and that all the governors in the region agree to the restructuring.
He said it is very clear that things have to change. “We have to redesign the architecture of our politics”. What he means by that, we cannot immediately understand because it could mean so many things. He said that the recommendations of the various previous conferences have to be implemented.
He said “the earlier Nigeria retraces its steps and puts merit, competence, compatibility and capacity, the better”. “We must have people in government being tra...