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| Lamido of Adamawa |
Speaking on the inaugural speech of President Goodluck Jonathan to the National Conference, Dr Mustapha said, "Mr. Chairman, I have observed that some people have started jumping the gun by commenting on issues like resource control, resource ownership and so on. In this case, let me also jump the gun and say that states who don’t have oil should allow states which have oil to take 100 percent revenue.
"And states that don’t have oil should take 100 percent land resource. That means all lands should revert to those states. And anybody who wants to use the land or the structure on the land must pay rent to those states or the traditional owners of the land. For example, the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT). As for traditional rulers, I don’t support the idea or opinion to give us any role in the constitution; our roles are conventions like the British constitution and we have been performing them for years and in some places, for more than one thousand years.
Also commenting on the agitation by some people that autonomy be granted ethnic nationalities, Dr Mustapha said, "Yesterday, I heard an ethnic nationality delegate saying that his people are marginalized because a district head was appointed in their area which they don’t support.
"Mr. Chairman, we shouldn’t listen to these ethnic chauvinists because if we agree with their arguments, we will end up in a situation in Nigeria where every ethnic group will demand for the next president, governors, office, areas, emirs, obas, ministers, chairman of local government, etc".
"So, Mr. President, we better thank God that the major tribes in Nigeria are tolerant, considerate, and magnanimous, otherwise, we would have found ourselves in a different situation in Nigeria today".
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