A former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau
North, Jonah Jang, said Nigeria is running a unitary system of
government, hence the need for the country to be restructured.
Jang disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Jos.
“I am a disciple of restructuring. Because we cannot be calling
ourselves a federation and yet we are running a unitary system, the two
don’t walk together.
“If we want to run a federal system, then we should restructure the country.
“It is unfortunate that we in the military because I was also a
military governor, we believe in unitary and that anytime we are in
power, we run a unitary form of government. So, when we tried to give
the nation a constitution, we didn’t really look deep into it and we
ended up giving the nation a unitary constitution to be operated in a
federal system, and that is why nothing is working”, he lamented.
“So I believe that in this country it is not just a matter of whether
we like it or not, it must be restructured for the country to move
forward”, the Jang stressed.
On calls by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Head of
State General Ibrahim Babangida advising, President Buhari, not to seek
re-election, the former Governor said, “Every Nigerian has the right to
air his view after all, the President did not bring himself to Aso
Villa.
“He was elected so those people asking him not to re-contest, maybe
voted for him and I believe they might have voted for him and they are
just telling him that we cannot vote for you again. That is my way of
understanding it, that is their opinion but the Nigerian voters would
decide whether they want him or they don’t want him”, he explained.
When asked whether he thinks President Buhari has done well to
deserve re-election; Jang said, “When we were doing well did they tell
us we have done well?
“We that even performed, they are pursuing us all over the place, but they are not performing, everybody knows that”.
“This is democracy, are those individuals advising him not part of the electorates? They are expressing their views.
“Some would not talk but express it through voting, they have decided
to express theirs through verbal or written communication and may also
express it when it comes to the time to vote if he decides to
re-contest”, he stressed.