Ohaneze Ndigbo, Afenifere, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (ACF) and other socio-cultural ethnic groups have advocated regionalism and parliamentary system as the only way to tackle various challenges plaguing the country.
All the major ethnic groups under the aegis of the Rebirth Group,TRG, jointly canvassed that the country should be renamed United Regions of Nigeria, URN.
These positions were stated in a communique issued at the end of a symposium in Kaduna.
The symposium titled, ‘Envisioning Nigeria’s Future: Addressing the National Question’, was convened by Owolabi Oladejo.
Cultural Organisations represented at the symposium include Ohaneze Ndigbo, Afenifere, Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Middle Belt Forum, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Socio-Community Youth Association of Nigeria ,SCOYAN.
Also at the symposium were the Yoruba Referendum, Initiative for a Better and Brighter Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter, ICATAFA Igbo Community, Kaduna, Yoruba Community, Kaduna, Tarayyar Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Christian Association in Nigeria Western Region Organisation WRO.
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Others include: Southern Borno Residents in Kaduna, Yobe Community Residents in Kaduna, Adamawa Community Residents in Kaduna and the Taraba Community Residents in Kaduna.
According to the communique, which was jointly signed by Comrade Jare Ajayi, Mr. Olaolu Abogunloko and Mr. DIY Nweze, the groups resolved that the country should be reorganised into regions.
The document specified that “the regions should be given more powers over their respective affairs. The central government is to concern itself only with issues that the federating units cannot handle. The central government should be smaller and smarter.”
