Will restructuring heal the wound?

At the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), town hall meeting held at Hamdala hotel on November 4, 2017, organized by the SOKAPU’s committee on restructuring,  I was fortunate to meet one of the executives of the union during the event, Mr Reuben Buhari, who is their public relations officer (PRO), and former spokesman to the […]

At the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), town hall meeting held at Hamdala hotel on November 4, 2017, organized by the SOKAPU’s committee on restructuring,  I was fortunate to meet one of the executives of the union during the event, Mr Reuben Buhari, who is their public relations officer (PRO), and former spokesman to the late former Governor of Kaduna State Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa.

We briefly discussed about the political trends in Kaduna. I also had a fruitful discussion about the state of the nation; and the topic that brought us to the venue with one of the youth leaders in Southern Kaduna, Jerry D. Ishaya.   I told him that I didn’t see the need for restructuring in Nigeria, because it wouldn’t heal the existing wound, and that it was a hard bargain which may not yield positive result. But Ishaya said some things which I agreed with.  He also enlightened me about some of the political imbalances in the country. 

He cited the example of a small state like Beyalsa, where you need to win less than five local governments to emerge as a senator while in a big state like Kano, one needs to win about 15 local governments before emerging as senator. But, they have equal representation in the Senate. So there is need for readjustment in the political composition and sharing of the nation’s wealth.

Jabir T. Usman wrote from Kaduna-south, Kaduna State.