David Akachukwu
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Akin Fapohunda, who serves as Secretary and a member of the Patriot group, has expressed the view that Nigeria cannot truly be considered a single nation.
According to Fapohunda, the idea of unifying the country as one entity was flawed from the start. He maintained that Nigeria is composed of several distinct nations coexisting within a single state, and he emphasized the need to recognize and distinguish these differences.
He also took aim at the current presidential system of governance, criticizing it for lacking effective mechanisms of accountability.
Fapohunda made these remarks on Monday during an interview segment on Arise Television’s Prime Time show.
He said: “All we have been doing since 1999 we are just pretending that we are united, strong and rich. We are no longer rich, we are poor.
“The crude that we are selling now is to pay for the loan that have been taken. So we don’t even have money again. We are borrowing money.
“So we are praying that we are rich where we are poor. We are praying that we are united where we are not united. Katsina State is already paying allegiance to some bandits, who are not even Nigeria. So many things are wrong because we have been doing the same thing over and over for 25 years.
“In the parliamentary system, I cannot bring my friends and make them minister. No. All my ministers must come from the parliament. We are all elected together.
“Now president can appoint 48 ministers from anywhere. That’s a current system.
“But parliament system you are in parliament. The prime minister is in parliament every week. He is a bonafide member.
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“The difference it will make is that there’s accountability, which is implicit that you can be questioned. But this presidential system, the commander of the armed forces, everything, you just put yourself in the villa and you don’t come out. You travel, you don’t hand over to anybody.”
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