Reps member, Salam re-echoes call for restructuring

By Adeleye Kunle

A member of the House of Representatives, Bamidele Salam has called for devolution of powers between the federal, States and local governments.

This call formed part of the lecture titled: ‘Nigeria at 62:Poverty, insecurity and the search for a workable constitution’, which he delivered at the 2022 annual lecture of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Osun Council Week on Monday in Osogbo.

Salam, who is the lawmaker repressing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo in the House of Representatives maintained that Nigeria at 62 ought to have attained certain milestones in every sphere of existence.

According to him, “Unfortunately, even those countries that we were at par with 62 years ago have overtaken Nigeria and it is so unfortunate, but for every darkness there is a silver lining and the silver lining is that we still have hope as a country.

“To rebuild our fallen walls, to fix insecurity, to fix poverty, to evolve a system that will make sure that the greater good of the Nigerian people is serviced by the government of Nigeria.

“To build a system where the average Nigerian will be very proud to live, to work and to stay in his own country so that we can save our young population from roaming about countries of the world that are less endowed and we are being humiliated in them.