Stop your noise, restructuring won’t solve Nigeria’s problems – Catholic cleric tells agitators

- Kayode Odetoyinbo, a Catholic Bishop asked Nigerians to forget about restructuring

- He said the only solution to the nation’s problem is attitudinal change by all Nigerians irrespective of religious, ethnic and political affiliations

- If restructured, the same leaders would be in charge of governance and then we would be back to square one

Kayode Odetoyinbo, a Catholic Bishop, has call on Nigerians to forget the idea of restructuring as it will not help Nigeria solve her problems.

The cleric of the Abeokuta Diocese said this on Sunday during the 51st World Communications’ Day held at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Cathedral, Itesi, Adatan, Abeokuta, Premium Times reports.

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According to him, the only solution to the nation’s problem is attitudinal change by all Nigerians irrespective of religious, ethnic and political affiliations.

He insisted that change of attitude is the only solution to the country's problem, noting that even if Nigeria is restructured “the same leaders would be in charge of governance and then we would be back to square one.”

“The restructuring is borne out of agitation, political, economic emancipation not religious. If restructuring will be good, what will come out of it, if the present restructure is not good, what have we experienced from it. If we restructure, my question is, who will govern those areas we restructured?” he stated

“Is it not the same people governing us now that will put themselves to govern and direct and control the affairs of the restructured nation?

“Are we not back to square one? Why not let us face what is needed to be faced now, treat ourselves well. Free ourselves from all that is battling against Nigeria, then restructuring will come. Change of mentality, change of mind, change of approach to many things, then when the restructure comes, it will bear good fruit,” he added.

Speaking on the anti-graft war of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Mr. Odetoyinbo said:

“End to corruption will come if all Christians in the country today, decide that there is no more corruption. Corruption will stop if all teachers decide today that it is an end to corruption. Likewise parents. We are in one way or the other part of the system. So, my take is that as far as Christians in this country say no more corruption, there will be no more corruption. All of us if we want corruption to stop, it will stop,” he declared.

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On curruption, he argued that there was need for recovered funds from corrupt public officers who are undergoing trial to be included in the nation’s budget.

“My suggestion is that such recovered money should be included in the nation’s budget. People will feel okay to realise that our recovered money is what is being spent appropriately and make them to have confidence in the fight against corruption.”

On the recent coup rumour, the bishop said: " Why are they suspecting each other, they are suspecting themselves at the top, let them resolve it among themselves, let them sit down and re-evaluate themselves and do the needful.”

Meanwhile, the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, Abuja, has released summary of its report titled Buharimeter Citizens’ Scorecard on the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB), and the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the three broad campaign promises (Corruption, Economy and Security) in the first two years in office.

According to the report, 57 per cent of the sampled population of 4,097 across 111 local governments in Nigeria approved of the president’s performance, the result varied across regions.