ATIKU's STAND ON RESTRUCTURING

- Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has again restated his calls for restructuring of Nigeria

- Abubakar, who is one of the PDP presidential aspirants in 2019 election, said that devolution of powers to the lower tiers of government is the solution to Nigeria's problems

- He said the country’s unitary federalism has also been characterised by too much government involvement in economic and other activities

A former vice president Atiku Abubakar has restated his calls for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation and the devolution of powers to the lower tiers of government.

This Day reports that he also urged the country’s leaders to follow the letter and spirit of federal character and other affirmative action policies to help manage distributive conflicts until such a time when the country has done enough to enhance production in order to reduce the scarcity that drives the conflicts over distribution.

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