Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God has advised Nigerian government to restructure or risk a total break-up into the many ethnic groups of the country.
The 78-year-old Dr of Mathematics, and respected Cleric also give several mathematical formulae to a possible resolution of the country’s socio-ethnic differences.
He made the suggestions during a symposium to mark the nation’s 60th Independence Day Celebration.
The lecture was co-organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God and Nehemiah Leadership Institute with the theme “Where will Nigeria Be in 2060 ?”
In his proposals to the government to restructure to avoid a break-up, Adeboye suggested a merger of the British and American systems of government.
He also suggested “a system of government that is 100% Nigerian, unique to us. For example, we started on with the British system of government, somewhere along the line, we moved over to the American system.
“Can’t we have a combination of both and see whether it could help us solve our problems because in Mathematics, if you want to solve a problem, you try what we call Real Analysis, then if it doesn’t work, you move to Complex Analysis and see whether that will help you. If that fails, you move on to Vector Analysis and so on.
Speaking further, Pastor Adeboye said that “I believe that we might want to look at the problems of Nigeria in a slightly different manner.
“Some people feel that all our problems will be over if Nigeria should break up. I think that is trying to solve the problems of Nigeria as if it is a Simple Equation.
“The problems of Nigeria will require quite a bit of Simultaneous Equation and some of them are not going to be Linear either; forgive me, I am talking as a Mathematician.
“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 is either we restructure or we risk a break-up; you don’t have to be a prophet to know that one. That is certain, restructure or we break-up.
“Now, we don’t want to break-up. God forbid. In restructuring, why don’t we have a Nigerian kind of democracy ?
“At the Federal level, why don’t we have a President and a Prime Minister ?
“At the state level, you have a governor and the premier; you distribute responsibilities between these people in such a manner that one cannot really go without the other.
Pator Adeboye said that with the 2 scenarios at both levels of government, “maybe we might begin to tackle the problems.”
He also regretted that the position of traditional rulers has been watered down. He suggested that they be recognised and restored.
According to him, “we need to urgently restore the House of Chiefs. I have a feeling that one of our problems is that we have pushed the traditional rulers to the background and I believe that is a great error particularly for a great country like Nigeria.
“I find it very ridiculous that one will ask a traditional ruler to inform the chairman of his local government before he travels.
“Go to any town in Nigeria, everybody in town knows the paramount ruler in the town and they respect him (but) many of them don’t even know the name of the chairman of their local government.
“The traditional rulers are the actual landlords, they control the respect of their people. Their people will listen to them much more, I am sorry to say, than they will listen to some politicians.
“Without any doubt, we must restructure and do it as soon as possible. A United States of Nigeria is likely to survive than our present structure,” Pastor Adeboye summed up his argument.
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