CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos Metropolitan See, Most Rev Alfred Adewale Martins, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently commence the process of restructuring the country as this remains the surest way to move the nation forward.

AGITATIONS for restructuring Nigeria are long-running, recurring and persistent. The clamour is, in fact, so persistent that, since Nigeria returned to civil rule in 1999, no government or ruling party has been able to ignore it.

Former Gov. Atthairu Bafarawa of Sokoto State on Monday pledged to embrace restructuring and focus on the economy of the nation, if elected president in 2019.

ENUGU—IMMEDIATE past Speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Mr. Eugene Odoh has said President Mohammadu Buhari should not be blamed for the vexed issue of restructuring the Nigeria polity.

After seeing the story first on the Facebook wall of my friend and egbon (senior), Dr. Osita Aniemeka, last Saturday, I read the full story on various news platforms on Sunday. An Ethiopian man reunited with his wife and two daughters after 18 years’ separation. What caused the separation?

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that there is urgent need to restructure and re-configure the country in a way that would suite all sections in Nigeria.

A professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Professor Maxwell Gidado, SAN, has joined  proponents of true federalism, saying restructuring of the country will end  the indigene-settler dichotomy.

ELDER statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has called for immediate restructuring of Nigeria’s educational system to guarantee quality of education in the country, arguing that restructuring is even more important than the 2019 general elections.

Ekiti- Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described EFCC as a ‘senseless’ organization, in dire need of restructuring.

ANY honest observer, who has seen how Nigeria has steadily and systematically moved from being a country of great promise to a country of great problems; anyone who knows that you have to look back to the past, instead of look forward, to see this country’s best years of national and regional progress, its years of great public and missionary schools and great education, of proud infrastructural achievements and the best life experiences – any such honest observer? can easily list more than a hundred reasons why Nigeria needs restructuring to stop the drift towards the development abyss.

DEAR Readers, this week, I’m dedicating this Sweet & Sour page to a (summarised) article – topically titled Can We Restructure? written by Fidel Albert, a young Lagos-based lawyer from Akwa Ibom. It’s a very thought-provoking piece that deserves to be shared with as wide an audience as possible.

A Warri based rights activities and lawyer, Oghenejabor Ikimi has reacted to claims by President Muhammadu Buhari that the National Assembly and the National Council of State are the legitimate and appropriate bodies for national discourse as false saying, “by virtue of his position in accordance with the constitution, Mr. President has the powers to discourse the unity of Nigeria.”

NOTABLE Nigerians from different walks of life, including representatives of Afenifere and Ohanaeze converged on Lagos, yesterday, with a call for restructuring of the country before the 2019 general elections.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria has warned Nigerian leaders to rise above politicking and selfish interests and restructure the country to engender equity and justice.

From a political angle, it is not in the interest of some groups to restructure, because restructuring will reduce some of these issues