{"id":15280,"date":"2017-07-27T20:17:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T20:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=15280"},"modified":"2017-07-27T20:17:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T20:17:54","slug":"restructuring-atiku-to-apc-led-senate-its-a-betrayal-of-pre-election-promises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=15280","title":{"rendered":"RESTRUCTURING: ATIKU TO APC-LED SENATE &#8220;IT&#8217;S A BETRAYAL OF PRE-ELECTION PROMISES&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p><code>Former Vice President and APC Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, has described as shocking and saddening, the decision of the APC-led Senate to block the passage of Bill No. 3, which would have granted devolution of power to the states.<\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement released by his media office in Abuja, the Waziri of Adamawa decried the lost opportunity to honour one of the Party\u2019s election promises to bring about change by shifting power closer to the people in the remotest regions of our country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis blockage of the Bill by an APC-led Senate majority is a betrayal of our Party\u2019s pre-election promises,\u201d Atiku said. \u201cIt was an important vote and I\u2019m shocked by some so-called progressives\u2019 visceral and cynical opposition to restructuring.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=13834&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Atiku decried the reluctance of democratically elected lawmakers to remove the insidious structural impediments to development, which decades of military rule had hoisted upon our nation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, instead of building the foundations for a true federation, a small group of so-called progressive Senators decided to stick with the new party line, pretending they didn&#8217;t know what restructuring was all about, and that even if they knew, it couldn&#8217;t be done.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI think this is disingenuous,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think it is a sad day for our Party. But I&#8217;m confident the APC will learn the right lesson from this self-inflicted defeat, and remember the mission and mandate given to us by the people.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nigeria-map.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14993\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nigeria-map-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nigeria-map-300x224.png 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Nigeria-map.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Waziri also expressed hope that Nigeria\u2019s lawmakers would find the courage to stand by what is right, and not by what serves their personal vanities and political interests.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cLet me be clear: Restructuring is no panacea to all our nation&#8217;s problems. But devolving resources and responsibilities from an overbearing, unresponsive, and ineffective federal government to the states is the first step we must make if we are serious about putting our nation back on track, and our people back to work,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President and APC Chieftain, Atiku Abubakar, has described as shocking and saddening, the decision of the APC-led Senate to block the passage of Bill No. 3, which would have granted devolution of power to the states. 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