FG won’t succumb to threats on restructuring —Presidency

The Presidency on Sunday said it would not succumb to threats by individuals and groups calling for the restructuring of the country.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement.

A number of groups and prominent Nigerian leaders including the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, and Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, have called on the Federal Government to urgently restructure the country to avoid its breakup.

But Shehu said such calls were “threats to the corporate existence of the country.”

He stated, “This is to warn that such unpatriotic outbursts are both unhelpful and unwarranted as this government will not succumb to threats and take any decision out of pressure at a time when the nation’s full attention is needed to deal with the security challenges facing it at a time of the COVID-19 health crisis.

“Repeat: this administration will not take any decision against the interests of 200 million Nigerians, who are the President’s first responsibility under the constitution, out of fear or threats especially in this hour of a health crisis.

“The President as an elected leader under this constitution will continue to work with patriotic Nigerians, through and in line with the parliamentary processes to finding solutions to structural and other impediments to the growth and wellbeing of the nation and its people.”