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Those clamoring for the restructuring of Nigeria have been advised to accommodate Northern part of the country in its agenda to enable the plan sail through.
The advise was given by a renowned lawyer, Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) while delivering his lecture at the 16th Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture organized by Ikeja branch of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) in remembrance of the late legal icon with the theme “Federalism and the Judiciary in Nigeria”
According to Agbakoba, restructuring is a language often used by Southerns noting that there is the need to inject some languages that would convince those from the northern part of the country to enable them understand the benefit.
“We need to lower the temperature of the restructuring language to convince our Northern Brothers that regionalism is good for us than the present federalism being practiced.”
However, he warned that Nigerians should be ready to pay the prize if restructuring of the country would succeed.
He described the late Gani Fawehinmi as a fearless lawyer whose legacy will never be forgotten in the history of Judiciary in Nigeria.
Another guest speaker at the event, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN) who delivered lecture on the topic “Is the Judiciary under siege by the Executives?”said impunity of the executive arm of government should not go unchallenged which was one of the major objective of late Gani Fawehinmi in his lifetime.
He never allowed the Executive arm of Government to suppress the citizenry, fought for the masses until he left the earth, he noted.
Earlier in his welcome address, Mr Monday Onyekachi Ubani, who is also the chairman organizing committee of this year lecture said “late Gani in his grave would surely be happy that the light he ignited in Nigeria has not been allowed to go dim one second.”
According to Ubani, the human right community in Nigeria is awake and alive to the glory of God.
In his address Prince Dele Oloke, the chief host who is also the chairman Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Ikeja branch described the late Gani fawehinmi as a mortal and a human right colossus, a legal titan and a cheerful giver whose relevance to Nigeria society while he was alive remained unparalled and could not be diminished by his human shortcomings.
