– Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai is a fire brand public commentator anytime, any day
– The former special adviser to former President Shehu Shagari is not happy with former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
– While Atiku is a major voice in the support for restructuring the country, Yakasai is a major opposition voice against the calls
Elder statesman, Tanko Yakasai has criticised the position of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar supporting restructuring, describing his stance on the issue as hogwash and invitation to anarchy.
Speaking to Vanguard, Yakasai said the position of Atiku was disappointing because it was full of ambiguity.
Tanko Yakasai has always been a major opposition voice against restructuring. Photo credit: The Punch
His words: “I thought, as a politician that he (Atiku) is, that he has read our constitution from A-Z before suggesting that we can restructure in six months.
“My question here is, what are the details of the budgetary provisions for the ministry of works that should be transferred to the states’ ministries of education and so on and so forth before he made his pronouncement that these could be done within six months?”
“Atiku served as vice president for eight years. So when he threw his support for the new slogan, I celebrated that, for the first time, because of the strategic position he held in the past, he would come up with a clear definition of what we didn’t know about restructuring.
“We already have a budget approved by the National Assembly as empowered by the constitution for appropriation. So, how can we take the fund already appropriated by the National Assembly for the federal government to execute its programme and now transfer it without the consent of the National Assembly?
“The money approved by the National Assembly was for the federal ministries with their heads and sub heads cited in the Act. How do we achieve all this without recourse to the constitution? How is it practically possible?
“If you are going to put a coma in the constitution, I know that you have to go through a process. It means you want to amend the constitution and it must go through the established protocol to avoid chaos.”
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Yakasai was however optimistic that as time goes on, Atiku will give further insight into how he wants the nation to be restructured in six months.
Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is one of the supporters of restructuring. Photo credit: Atiku media team
ZENITHBLOG.com had reported that the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere lashed out at the core north for being against restructuring accusing them of focusing on power rather than development.
Yinka Odumakin who is the spokesperson of the group said restructuring was the answer to Nigeria’s problem. He said the whole country will benefit from true federalism as it will make each unit develop with their resources.
Watch a ZENITHBLOG.com TV video below of Nigerians expressing their opinion about whether the country should split of adopt restructuring.
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