Restructuring Nigeria: 'Life Of Masses May Not Improve If We Shake Up', Says Pastor Sam Adeyemi

The Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, Sam Adeyemi says "the life of the common man may not improve if Nigeria restructures into regions or even if it breaks up now".

AllNews understands that some individuals and groups have been calling for a restructuring of Nigeria.

Most of the calls had been from the southern part of Nigeria.

Recently, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the Head Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) joined the movement, suggesting what he called a "United States of Nigeria".

Adeboye posited that the country will do well to adopt a system of government that is peculiar to it, adding that there is either a restructuring "or we break up".

Adeboye had said, “Why can’t we have a system of government that will create what I will call the United States of Nigeria? Let me explain. We all know that we must restructure. It’s either we restructure or we break, you don’t have to be a prophet to know that one. That is certain – restructure or we break up."

But lending his voice to the burning issue, Adeyemi stated that "the first restructuring we need, and this is true for much of Africa, is for power to shift from political leaders to the citizens".

According to the 53-year-old preacher, "occupying public office is for service, not money-making".

"I fear that the life of the common man may not improve if Nigeria restructures into regions or even if it breaks up now," Adeyemi wrote on his verified Twitter handle recently.

"The culture of leadership that makes leaders to consume most of the resources and to leave most people impoverished will likely continue.

"The first restructuring we need, and this is true for much of Africa, is for power to shift from political leaders to the citizens, so leaders become accountable.

"Citizens have esteem and are empowered to prosper, and occupying public office is for service, not money-making.

"This requires responsibility on the part of citizens.

"We must rise beyond religious and ethnic prejudice to have [a] collective vision for development, and to adopt values like honesty, value for life, equality, excellence, etc.

"Citizens and elite that have conscience must push for this now.

"Perhaps, then, new structures of government can serve us well.

"We need to show that the African can rise above base instincts to think, organise himself and build prosperous economies."

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1.I fear that the life of the common man may not improve if Nigeria restructures into regions or even if it breaks up now. The culture of leadership that makes leaders to consume most of the resources and to leave most people impoverished will likely continue.

— Sam Adeyemi (@sam_adeyemi) October 6, 2020

2.The first restructuring we need, and this is true for much of Africa, is for power to shift from political leaders to the citizens, so leaders become accountable, citizens have esteem and are empowered to prosper, and occupying public office is for service, not money-making.

— Sam Adeyemi (@sam_adeyemi) October 6, 2020

3. This requires responsibility on the part of citizens. We must rise beyond religious and ethnic prejudice to have collective vision for development, and to adopt values like honesty, value for life, equality, excellence, etc.

— Sam Adeyemi (@sam_adeyemi) October 6, 2020

4. Citizens and elite that have conscience must push for this now. Perhaps, then, new structures of government can serve us well. We need to show that the African can rise above base instincts to think, organise himself and build prosperous economies.

— Sam Adeyemi (@sam_adeyemi) October 6, 2020