- Edwin Clarke says restructuring of Nigeria remains the way out of the challenges confronting the nation
- Clarke believes the problems in the country might continue irrespective of who wins the election next year
- The elder-statesman stressed the need for a constitutional amendment that would guarantee equity and justice for citizens
Edwin Clarke, elder statesman and a former federal commissioner for information, says restructuring of Nigeria remains the way out of the challenges confronting the nation.
Channels TV reports that the former commissioner said this when he received the presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and members of the party at his residence in Abuja.
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“We need a proper restructuring of this country; where everybody will be equal, where appointments will not come from one particular place and others are just waiting,” he said.
According to him, the problems in the country might continue irrespective of who wins the 2019 presidential election.
“Once you have a Nigeria where some people are superior, and others are inferior, then you don’t have a country,” the elder statesman noted.
“We believe in one thing, and that is the Constitution Nigeria has today; if that constitution is not changed, all will not be well.”
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that Chief Edwin Clark, an elder statesman and former minister of information and culture, has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that Nigerians would not tolerate any manipulation of the results of the forthcoming general elections.
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