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2011: I AM STILL CONSULTING-IBB

ABEOKUTA – FORMER Military President Ibrahim Babangida, speaking yesterday, on his ambition to take another shot at the Presidency next year, said he was still consulting with his political associates on how to prosecute the 2011 presidential election.

He warned that for the Nigerian nation to make any appreciable progress, it must practise true federalism saying “true federalism is the issue for this country.” Affirming that the country needed to implement the report of the Muhamadu Uwais report on electoral reforms, Babangida said the report was the way forward in resolving the country’s myriad of political challenges.

In apparent reference to the new cabinet being put together by Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, the former President said that he believed in small governments and not big ones.

Also, Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State who was the guest of honour at the Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel’s birthday lecture in Abeokuta harped on the issue of true federalism

Babangida on true federalism Babangida who spoke in Abeokuta as chairman of the Governor Gbenga Daniel’s birthday lecture series said the issues creating problems for the country must be addressed urgently.

He said: “Some people have tagged me an advocate of confederalism. True federalism is the issue for this country. We have lived together for 50 years and there are issues that must be addressed. Some of them are settled: Presidential system and whether we remain a republic; those are settled.

“But we must try to look at those creating problems. I believe in small governments, not big governments. We do not have to say government must do everything. Some of the best brains in the world are Nigerians, so why can’t we make use of them. I want to say that whoever believes in true federalism will have my vote in 2011.”

Babangida who was heralded into the auditorium with a huge applause said that his coming to Abeokuta was like homecoming, noting that when he lived in Abeokuta 44 years ago, he established an ancestral home there with people who make Ogun State including the traditional rulers.

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