Amidst all the talks about the restructuring of Nigeria, a prominent figure, former president of the country Olusegun Obansanjo during an interview with channels has said that what we need is to restructure our mentality. According to him various people have given different definitions to what they understand by the "restructuring of Nigeria".
This is what he had to say in the interview:
“I have asked six different people who talk about restructuring and six of them gave me different point of views. The other day some people even came to me and what they were talking about doesn’t make sense. We have a country that God has endowed.
Now the management of that endowment is what we all have to put all our hands on. All hands must be on deck and look at how to deal with it. Some of them are nostalgic about the independence that they are restructuring. Some of them are nostalgic about immediate post independence. Some of them are nostalgic about their tribe. That is their restructuring. I cannot be part of that.
My own restructuring is that we have to restructure our mentality. We have to restructure our mind. We have to restructure our understanding of Nigeria. What country do we want? If we decide on what country we want, then how do we get that country. How do we get the inclusiveness? How d we get every Nigerian feeling a sense of having a stake in the country?”.I agree with the states man on this one, i can remember telling someone that before we talk of restructuring Nigeria, a proper definition has to be given i.e a clear definition for the people to understand what the restructuring is really all about.
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