Leaders and Elders of the South East, South West, South-South, and Middle Belt Regions represented by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Afenifere, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), and the Middle Belt Forum, have called on President Bola Tinubu to focus on restructuring Nigeria to save the democratic principles.
The country's elder statesmen made this known in a communique issued at the end of their meeting of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum held in Abuja on Thursday, reiterating that the future of the country is only secured in restructuring.
The communique read,"The meeting discussed exhaustively current developments in the country, and arrived at the following conclusions: "Expresses great concern and total rejection of the trend where certain sections of the country, are continually marginalized in the number of states, local governments, and even appointments into the Federal Executive Council.
Speaking about the 2023 presidential election and the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu, the elders hailed the political class for abiding by the constitutional means to air their grievances. It also advises"that the Federal Government should take urgent steps to release Nnamdi Kanu since a court of competent jurisdiction has ordered so. We believe that doing so will promote peace and security in the South East.
"The Meeting resolved to set up a Strategic Committee on Restructuring and expressed readiness to interface with the Federal Government, the National Assembly, and all other stakeholders, on the enunciated issues.
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