Buhari right on restructing comments — VON DG

The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for expressing his support to the devolution of powers, which will arise from the ongoing constitutional amendment exercise.

Okechukwu spoke on Sunday in Abuja while fielding questions from journalists on his assessment of the President’s Democracy Day speech.

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The foundation member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said by so doing, the president had denounced the negative narrative that he was averse to restructuring or true federalism in the country.

He said, “Among the agro-infrastructural revolution in the speech, I singled out Mr. President’s pledge to play a critical role in the constitutional amendment exercise and his acknowledgment and recognition of notions of marginalisation among various segments of our population.

“I’m impressed with Mr President who is an unsung hero of Agro-Infrastructural Revolution and I’m also happy that he has nailed doubting Thomases with his uncommon pledge to play a critical role in the devolution of powers via the constitutional amendment exercise as he did eloquently in the 8th National Assembly.

“Mr. President has denounced the negative narrative that he is averse to restructuring or true federalism. He capped it up by saying that Nigerians will be happy with the outcome.”