A former National Commissioner with Independent National Electoral Commission in charge of Ogun, Oyo and Ekiti states, Prof. Lai Olurode, has explained why restructuring may not work in Nigeria.
He said restructuring may not take place if it is not “a win-win outcome” for all the various sections agitating for it.
Olurode stated this while delivering a lecture entitled, “Nigeria: Development Conundrum,” at the Sixth Annual Symposium of the Muslim Student Society of Nigeria, B Zone in Ado Ekiti.
He said, “No one will allow restructuring that gives no gain. It must be a win-win situation. Restructuring is not when you want more money in your pocket, while other parties lose. It must be genuine and foster national unity.
“It should not be punitive; use best examples across the world of systems that thrive in spite of pluralism.”
Olurode also stressed the need for measures to bring religious illiteracy to an end in Nigeria as one of the ways to achieving national integration.
He lamented that there was poor management of the country’s plurality as against the warning in Quran 4:1 and 49:13 and held that “the pursuit of social justice is the foundation for resolving developmental conundrum.”