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<br>Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, says Nigeria will be "renegotiated, restructured but will not disintegrate".<br><br><br>He said this in Abuja during the 8th edition of the ‘Change We Need Nigeria Initiative’ annual lecture series.<br><br><br>He said he was suspicious that the call for restructuring is another form of opposition, especially because it is from "people who have been in power for 16 years".<br><br><br>Adesina said the Buhari administration was not opposed to [https://Www.gov.uk/government/world/nigeria restructuring] but anything that will lead to the disintegration of the country.<br><br>Adesina said Nigeria had always restructured but never fallen apart.<br><br>"I begin to get suspicious at times that this call for restructuring is it another form of opposition? When you find people who have been in power for 16 years now be champions of restructuring, so I begin to suspect that restructuring is becoming another form of opposition in Nigeria," Adesina said.<br><br><br>"Nigeria has always restructured. There was a time we had 12 states, and then at a point, it became 19 and then to 36 states, that is restructuring.<br><br><br>"In the history of Nigeria, there was a time where the various people and communities lived in this space that is today called [http://Www.Nytimes.com/topic/destination/nigeria Nigeria].[http://abcnews.go.com/topics/news/nigeria.htm go.com][http://www.yohaig.ng/recommends/sports-betting/bet9ja/ yohaig.ng]</a> And then the [http://www.yohaig.ng/category/nigerian-newspapers/national-mirror/ colonial masters] came, formed what is called the northern protectorate, southern protectorate, that was the restructuring of what has subsisted.<br><br><br>"And then in 1914 precisely, the northern and southern protectorates, were amalgamated into one country, that was another restructuring. Did it come with any sabre-rattling or did it send the country into a tailspin, no? And then we got to a point that we had regionalism in the country, the regions were formed and we begin to grow, that was another restructuring.<br><br><br>"Eventually Independence came and we had parliamentary system at the beginning and we [http://Travel.Nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/nigeria-guide/ continue] to grow.[http://Www.Ecowas.int/member-states/nigeria/ ecowas.int][http://www.yohaig.ng/recommends/sports-betting/nairabet/ yohaig.ng]</a> Today, we have a presidential system of government that is another form of [https://www.Gov.uk/government/world/nigeria restructuring] from parliamentary to presidential.<br><br><br>"And then there was a time we had a unitary system when the then Gen. Ironsi tried to formalize through the unification decree. We have a unitary system which to a large extent still subsist in the country, is a form of restructuring. Did we disintegrate? No, we didn’t.<br><br><br>"[http://www.ecowas.int/member-states/nigeria/ Restructuring] will come, this country will be renegotiated, restructured but then we will not disintegrate."<br><br><br>But Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia state governor, who was represented by Godwin Adindu, his chief press secretary, disagreed with Adesina.<br><br><br>"Restructuring is not an opposition thing, it is what we all need so that we can move the nation forward. Restructuring is not the demand of the opposition," Ikpeazu said.<br><br><br> my web site :: [http://www.yohaig.ng/category/nigerian-newspapers/national-mirror/ Yohaig]
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Nigeria Basketball Federation ‘Abuja’ president, Musa Kida said that there is no fear of the world basketball ruling body, FIBA banning Nigeria as a fall-out of the stalemate in the country’s basketball administration.<br><br><br>Kida, who was speaking in Lagos yesterday argued that FIBA has come to understand the situation with the NBF adding that his board now have the full backing of Nigerian basketball stakeholders to pursue the development of the sport in the country.<br><br><br>Two basketball federation board had emerged after Tijani Umar led a group of basketball stakeholders to hold an election in Kano, while Kida emerged the president of the version conducted by the sports ministry in Abuja. FIBA had urged both parties to reconcile their differences giving a November 30 deadline or Nigeria will be thrown out of world basketball contests.<br><br><br>"We are not losing any sleep about a November 30 deadline. What is clear is that FIBA wanted facts to know whether there was government inference.<br><br><br>"As time went on they came to understand the elections was accepted nationwide and they giving that deadline was an overkill. Basketball in Nigeria will go on," said Kida.

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Nigeria Basketball Federation ‘Abuja’ president, Musa Kida said that there is no fear of the world basketball ruling body, FIBA banning Nigeria as a fall-out of the stalemate in the country’s basketball administration.


Kida, who was speaking in Lagos yesterday argued that FIBA has come to understand the situation with the NBF adding that his board now have the full backing of Nigerian basketball stakeholders to pursue the development of the sport in the country.


Two basketball federation board had emerged after Tijani Umar led a group of basketball stakeholders to hold an election in Kano, while Kida emerged the president of the version conducted by the sports ministry in Abuja. FIBA had urged both parties to reconcile their differences giving a November 30 deadline or Nigeria will be thrown out of world basketball contests.


"We are not losing any sleep about a November 30 deadline. What is clear is that FIBA wanted facts to know whether there was government inference.


"As time went on they came to understand the elections was accepted nationwide and they giving that deadline was an overkill. Basketball in Nigeria will go on," said Kida.

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