No assurance the restructuring report will be implemented - El-rufai
...challenges NESG, civil societies to put pressure on govt
As the clamour for restructuring keeps mounting by the day, there is no guaranty that the restructuring report of the All Progressive Congress ( APC) government, submitted in 2018 would be implemented.
Chairman of the restructuring committee and governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-rufai, disclosed this on Tuesday in one of the panel sessions at the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit (#NES 26) in Abuja.
Though El-rufai expressed confidence that the report would be implemented, he admitted that he could not give assurance because he had no control over it.
He, however, pointed out that the current leadership of the National Assembly was committed to implementing the report.
The governor added that President Muhammadu Buhari was committed to accenting to any amendments that come before him given that the current federal system of government was not working.
El-rufai further observed that the centre was weak and that the current political culture cannot lead to the emergence of competent political leaders.
The governor was of the view that various conferences and committees had made very sound recommendations, which need to be implemented.
He, therefore, challenged interest groups such as the NESG and civil societies to put pressure on government for the report to be implemented.
El-rufai hinted that in the report, they recommended the creation of state judicial councils to ease the pressure on court judges in the states.
The governor debunked rumour making the rounds that the north was against restructuring and called on Nigerians to differentiate the noise of the few and the voice of the silent majority.
According El-rufai, “I cannot give assurance on something I don’t have control over. The only assurance I can give Nigerians is that the President fully supports the restructuring reforms. The leadership of the National Assembly is fully on board. There is alignment between the executive and judiciary. Both leaders in the two Houses are working on it.