Elite give youths smart phones to insult each other while they wine and dine - APDA
The Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance, APDA, has backed the call to restructure Nigeria, saying it will end agitations by ethnic nationalities and youths across the country.
Interim Chairman of the party in Anambra, Obunike Ohaegbu, said in Nnewi on Tuesday that a united Nigeria that was discussed and restructured would be better for everyone.
He urged the federal government to address the issues that were giving rise to the tension in the country.
As panacea, Ohaegbu suggested that the government should make public the resolutions of the 2014 National Conference and allow citizens decide on it.
“APDA is saying that we need to restructure Nigeria, that if we restructure Nigeria, every Nigerian will have a sense of belonging.
“We made our stand clear that we want Nigerians to be allowed to vote on the 2014 National Conference.
“Most, if not all the decisions of the National Conference, were not voted for; they were arrived at with unanimity.
“So, as a political party, we are thinking that it should be taken to the people to decide what they want to do with it.
“If we have the system running, people will not be clamouring for Biafra,†he said.
Ohaegbu said that the federal government should also engage the youths who are heating up the polity in peace talks rather than threatening them.
According to him, this will be more productive than discussing with elders who have little influence over them.
The APDA chieftain blamed the political elite for the problems of the youth, saying that the elite equipped youths with i-pads and smart phones “to insult each other while they wined and dined, leaving the youth frustratedâ€.
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