A.C.N Senator Backs President Goodluck Jonathan's Single Term Bid.

FORMER Anambra State governor and currently senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Chris Ngige, yesterday threw his weight behind President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for a single term for executive offices in the country as a means of guaranteeing equitable distribution of key offices among the federating units in the country. He added, however, like many Nigerians, that the timing was wrong.
Ngige also noted that the only way out of the spate of violence in the country was to resort to a political architecture that guaranteed freedom of association, peaceful co-existence and equity in all facets of the nation’s development.
Delivering the 12th Catholic Young Men Association, CYMA, annual lecture titled: “Resolving conflicts in multi-ethnic and secular society—the religious perspective,” at the St. Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos, Ngige said he was of the conviction that division based on issues was to be preferred to unity based on hopelessness.
According to the senator, the major causes of ethno-religious conflicts in the country can be traced to fear of losing political power and resources of the federation, pointing out, “they believe those who have political power also control economic power.”
He is therefore of the opinion that only a political solution can adequately address the current problem of insecurity in the country, emphasizing the need to put in place a political structure that will permanently erase the fear among the political class.
Ngige further argued that militant religious groups like the Boko Haram can only thrive because politicians in their desperate move to secure power at all costs use these groups to feather their political nests and are unable to maintain the members after their victory.
“We must go back to the fundamentals so that the quest for political offices would not be a do or die affair. The only way out of the current state of affairs is to go back to the basics and restructure the federation of Nigeria. We must look at our past to create a future where the younger generation can aspire to be anything in any part of the federation