The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has lent his voice to agitation for the restructuring of Nigeria, stating that failure to do so will result in secession of different units of the federation.
Adeboye made his position known on Saturday at a symposium co-organised by RCCG and the Nehemiah Leadership Institute to mark Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary.
He also advocated the adoption of a system of government that is unique to the country but borrowing from the British system of government and the American model.
His words: “Why can’t we have a system of government that is 100 per cent Nigerian, unique to us? For example, we started on with the British system of government, somewhere along the line, we moved over to the American system of government.
“Why can’t we have a system of government that will create what I will call the United States of Nigeria?
“Let me explain: We all know that we must restructure. It is either we restructure or we break; you don’t have to be a prophet to know that one. That is certain: restructure or we break up.
He continued: “Now, we don’t want to break up, God forbid. In restructuring, why don’t we have a Nigerian kind of democracy? At the federal level, why don’t we have a President and a Prime Minister?
“If we have a President and a Prime Minister and we share responsibilities between these two, so that one is not an appendage to the other.
