Governor
Rochas Okorocha said Nigeria does not need restructuring as being demanded by
some Nigerians, but said the nation only needed to be repackaged.
Mr. Okorocha said this on Monday while
declaring open the 67th annual conference of Broadcasting Organizations of
Nigeria, BON.
He said BON as critical stakeholders must be in
the forefront of the campaign against restructuring, but rather sell the
massage of repackaging.
He said only repackaging could attract huge
investors to Nigeria and help boost its economy.
“Many people have defined restructuring just to
benefit their geo-political zones.
“To the South Easterners, restructuring means
creation of an additional state, while it may mean resource control to other
geo-political zones,” he said.
The governor said Nigeria has been presented in
the bad light to other nations of the world which made it non-marketable to the
international communities.
“We are not the worst nation in the world in
terms of corruption but we have been presented as the worst nation.
“I
urged BON to see Nigeria as its project and repackage it so that we can regain
our lost glories”, he said.
Mr. Okorocha however appealed to BON to also
give the less privileged the opportunity to be heard considering high cost of
electronics media subscription.
In his address, the BON Chairman, John Momoh,
said the main aim of the meeting was to brainstorm on how to proffer solutions
to Nigerian problems.
He also said part of the group’s agenda was to
suggest ways to strengthen BON for it to continue to serve as watch dog to
political office holders.
According to him, it is the responsibility of BON
to bring the feelings of the people to government and also let the people know
their civic responsibilities.
He commended the governor for his huge
developmental projects which he said have changed the face of Imo state.
- PremiumTimes / NAN
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