“I advised against the issue of national conference…I never liked the priority of that government. That is why I haven’t even bothered to read it (the 2014 National Conference) or ask for a briefing on it and I want it to go into the so-called archives”
– President Muhammadu Buhari, May 29, 2016”
In the wake of the recent insurgent challenges to the Nigerian state, several elder statesmen, politicians and civil society organisations have renewed their calls for the restructuring of the country. One of the most recent is that of a former Vice-President and perpetual presidential hopeful, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Speaking on Tuesday at the public presentation of a book entitled, “We are all Biafrans”, Atiku went on record as saying, “Nigeria as it is structured today, is not working…In short, it has not served Nigeria well and at the risk of reproach, it has not served my part of the country, the North, well. The call for restructuring is even more relevant today”.