Restructuring Nigeria Is Impossible — Gowon

Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon has described the move to restructure the country as impossible, saying the current composition of Nigeria makes it difficult for any kind of restructuring to take place.

General Gowon, speaking at in Minna, Niger State, said Nigeria is made up of over 500 ethnic groups hence the people must have faith in the indivisibility of the country rather than agitating for its restructuring.

“Nigeria is made up of over 500 ethnic groups, languages and dialects and so many various groups called nationalities and they wantrestructuring. This restructuring everybody is asking for, we will have about 500 different ideas of restructuring.

There is call for restructuring to reduce the number of states to only a few either back to the old region or to the zones.” He said, “But I have my problem whether the states will be financially capable to they will be able to run there states properly.”

UCJ, UNILORIN.