These and other similar tragedies necessitated increasing ethnic agitations in those volatile areas for reforms, particularly restructuring of the existing federal structure. In some areas, some Hausa-Fulani chiefs are appointed to rule over other ethnic nationalities that constitute the overwhelming majority in the state,” the minorities stated. My quarrel with the people who are advocating this restructuring is that they failed to give the details of the restructuring. The 19 northern governors equally set up a committee headed by the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal,following the intense demand for restructuring. The committee predated that of the APC headed by the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 04, 2018 00:33 UTC