A non-governmental organisation, the Centre for Social and Inter-Ethnic Cohesion (CSIC), has said the country needs fiscal and geographical restructuring.
Its Director of Media, Mr. Wellington Olaiya, in a statement, said the country needs a national security ideology that places national interest far above religious, ethnic or personal interests.
The centre urged the Federal Government to kick-start the process of restructuring the country, describing the 1999 Constitution as a gross betrayal of governance trust of the founding fathers.
The statement reads: “The current political structure is not a positive one, it places personal, religious and ethnic interests above national interests and cohesion.
“The clamour for state creation and revenue sharing allocation formula is traceable to cash crops and natural resources like cocoa, groundnuts and oil, thus without geographical restructuring, such clamour would be a recurring challenge in the country.
“The Centre will promote real unity in the country by using research-based media engagements, legal advocacy as well as partnership with other Nigerians to ensure equal access to opportunities and mass re-orientation on true federalism, cohesion and a new political system.”
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