By Valentine Amanze, Online Editor
The Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has appealed for the younger and youthful Nigerians to takeover the leadership of Nigeria.
He also supported the restructuring of Nigeria as being advocated by the southern governors.
State governors from the southern part of the country had on Tuesday met in Asaba and issued a communique in which they demanded the immediate restructuring of Nigeria and the banning of open grazing in their areas of jurisdiction.
Bello spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today.
His words: “Let us restructure and allow the younger generations takeover the leadership of this country.
“The level from some certain quarters where restructuring is sounding so loud let us look back into history.
“How were they able to perform while giving a leadership position in this country? Some of us that are in positions of authority today, how have we taken the people seriously by implementing programmes that touch the lives of the people?”
On why his administration has not banned open grazing in Kogi State, Bello said that it was because no position had been made yet for ranching.
While noting that Kogi cannot chase away the many Fulani people whom he said had been living peacefully with other residents of the state, he added that his administration would deploy a means of integrating them.
Part of integrating them, he explained, was to ensure that the conflict between the farmers and herders did not exist.
He admitted that since he assumed office in 2016, he inherited the problem, noting that he was able to solve the issue with the cooperation of residents of the state.
Bellow added, “I have not banned open grazing in Kogi State because there is no provision for ranching yet. Should I send the millions of Fulani people that have been living peacefully with us away?”
