2019: Nigeria can only get it right with restructuring ― OPC

As 2019 General Elections draw closer, the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has reaffirmed its belief in restructuring, saying Nigeria can only get it right when all the federating states developed at their own pace.

The group’s spokesperson, Mr Yinka Oguntimehin, said this at a press conference in Lagos, stating that as the country approaches the coming elections, it was very important for all the stakeholders to raise issues that had a direct impact on the development of the nation.

He said this was because Nigerians deserved the right to vote for political parties or candidates that had something reasonable to offer the nation.

“Nigeria can only get it right with restructuring. The coming election will definitely come with various challenges and opportunities, and some of the opportunities will be for us to align with the yearnings of the mass of the people on who becomes the president of this great nation and is ready to bring to the table a policy direction that can impact their lives positively. Not only that, it is our duty as a group to promote the ideals of restructuring,” Oguntimehin said.

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According to him, the beauty of restructuring is encompassing, stressing that the best could only come to Nigeria through it, just as he lamented that the country was still borrowing money to finance its budget, particularly, at a time when an election was about three months away.

“It is sad that we are still borrowing money to finance the budget, particularly, at a time when an election is about three months away. It is sad that majority of Nigerians are suffering from the abundant human and material resources that abound in the country.

“It is sad that Nigerians are suffering at all levels, yet we need to promote ideas that have a human face and that is what restructuring is all about,” he said.

The OPC publicity scribe, however, disclosed that the group had no preferred candidates among the various political parties that were jostling for political offices, especially, the position of the Nigerian president, but stated that OPC would gladly support candidates that truly believed in the ideal of the group.

“We are very much on top of the current situation in the political milieu. We are watching the political developments as they unfold in the country. We believe in the struggle to promote the cultural identity of the Yoruba race. We believe in the struggle to liberate the Yoruba nation as it is being promoted consistently by our amiable leader, Aare Gani Adams. Therefore, we will never compromise our values as a self-determination group,” Oguntimehin said.