OKOTIE CHALLENGES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO A DEBATE ON RESTRUCTURING
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Former presidential candidate and interim government campaigner, Rev Chris Okotie is prepared to debate with the presidential candidates over the contentious issue of restructuring.
In a statement circulated in the media
yesterday, Okotie's spokesman, Ladi Ayodeji said his principal has expressed
his desire to debate with the presidential candidates on the imperatives of
changing the structure of the Nigerian federation.
For some time now, the Reverend has been at
the forefront of a campaign for restructuring albeit through the adoption of
what he calls “Aboriginal Democracy”.
According to Ayodeji, Okotie believes that
the presidential candidates owe Nigerians an explanation of what they intend to
do about the most important topic in the current political agenda, which is a
new political direction and philosophy of government for the country, in view
of the failure of the current system.
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Okotie
has said on several media platforms that to continue with the present
transition is, “to embrace an elusive phantom”; adding that the presidential
system is a terminological deceit.
He rejects what he calls the adhoc approach
of the all the presidential candidates to restructuring, which he said, merely
scratched the surface.
“Aboriginal democracy is the holistic
approach to the recreation of a workable system, that incorporates all our
political, cultural and economic realities under the prevailing circumstances”,
Okotie argued.
The former presidential candidate noted
that the level of restructuring the country needs today goes beyond devolution
of power and fiscal federalism, as being canvassed by many; adding that nothing
short of a new constitution based on his proposition would do the magic.
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