The Presidency has said that President Muhammdu Buhari will not succumb to threats to “restructure” the country.
The statement followed that made by the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor Enoch Adeboye who had on Saturday joined other prominent Nigerians to call on the Federal Government to urgently restructure the country to save it from breakup.
Adeboye, who spoke at a symposium alongside the Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, former governor of Cross River State Donald Duke and a former minister of education Oby Ezekwesili, warned that it was either the country restructured as soon as possible or it broke up.
However, in a statement by Garba Shehu on Sunday night, the Presidency said such calls were unwarranted and unpatriotic.
The statement read, “The Presidency responds to the recurring threats to the corporate existence of the country with factions giving specific timelines for the President to do one thing or another or else, in their language, ‘the nation will break up.’
“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.”
