Pan-Yoruba sociocultural organisation, Afenifere says Nigeria is heading towards avoidable catastrophe if it does not restructure.
National Publicity Secretary of the group, Jare Ajayi disclosed this in a Sunday statement.
According to him, this was one of the resolutions of the Executive Council of Afenifere during its meeting held at the hold of the group’s leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo in Lagos.
He said that the council resolved that Nigeria must be restructured and full implementation must be executed before the end of the first half of 2022.
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“The Nigerian nation is at the brink of an avoidable catastrophe that requires urgent actions. And the most potent recipe to prevent the catastrophe is restructuring that would return the country to true federalism.
“After reviewing recent developments in the country, Afenifere executive council said that the signs are ominous, requiring steps to prevent the country from apocalypse.
“The executive council meeting called on President Muhammadu Buhari, the national and state assemblies and all other concerned authorities to ensure that restructuring takes place within remaining part of this year. Its implementation in terms of true federalism in finance, security, social welfare must begin before the middle of next year,” Ajayi said.
Expressing its support for the Southern governors’ decision to ban open grazing, the group slammed Northern elements criticising the decision.
“Afenifere is in full support of the governors to have laws banning open grazing latest by September 1, this year. We notice that some states already have this law enacted.
“We urge the remaining states to enact the law expeditiously. Beyond the enactment however, we call for immediate enforcement of the law so as to put an end to various vices that the act of open grazing is engendering,” the statement further read.
Afenifere maintained that ranching is the future of animal husbandry in Nigeria, noting that cows reared in a ranch are “far more productive, healthier and are less tasking for the rearer compared to the ones being driven from one place to another in search of food and water”.
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