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The restructuring debate between current Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar continued on Wednesday.
In an article on Tuesday, Osinbajo had hit back at Atiku over his criticisms of his (Osinbajo) recent comments on restructuring.
READ: Osinbajo replies Atiku, explains stance on restructuring
But in a tweet on Wednesday, Atiku stated that from Osinbajo’s standpoint, it was clear that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government lacks forthrightness on the issue of restructuring since he and his Vice have opposing views on the subject.
“The President & his VP have asymmetrical views on restructuring. Thus, explains the lack of forthrightness on the matter by this government. This is a failed promise that I intend on redeeming.” He tweeted.
Atiku in his response to Osinbajo on Tuesday outlined six fundamental elements that define his restructuring Nigeria argument:
- Devolution of powers and resources to the states.
- Matching grants from the federal government to the states to help them grow their internally generated revenue position.
- The privatisation of unviable federal government-owned assets.
- A truly free market economy driven by the laws of demand and supply.
- Replacing state of origin with state of residence
- Passing the PIGD so that our oil and gas sector will run as a business with minimal governmental interference.
Atiku, who is gunning for the presidency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, noted that he had long held this position.
He accused Mr Osinbajo of being mischievous when the vice-president accused him of being “understandably vague.”
“I am hard pressed to see how these clear and specific ideas can be described as ‘vague’,” Atiku said. “One would have thought that if anything is vague, it would be the idea of ‘geographic restructuring’ whose meaning is hanging in the air.”