The Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has said it would agree to form a
political alliance with the North if northerners would be ready to
present a candidate that would support restructuring.
IYC factional President, Mr. Eric Omare, told Punch Newspaper that
the person that would be presented as Presidential candidate from the
North on any political platform must know that the Federal Government
would only be in control of national security, currencies and other few
areas, while other powers would be devolved to the states.
“The condition must be on the basis that whoever the alliance will
support must be somebody that will be willing to address the common
interest of Nigeria. For today, the key issue is that of restructuring
of the country.
“The person must be ready to devolve power to the regions so that the
regions and our local government areas will be developed. The Federal
Government will only handle issues of core national interest such as
currencies, defence and national security.
“Other issues should be left for the states to handle. We will have
an alliance with only those that will support the development of Nigeria
with these conditions,” Omare added.