The Young Progressives Party(YPP) on Friday said that Nigeria needed a constitutional restructuring and not economic restructuring as being clamoured for by some citizens.
Mrs Umma Getso ,the Vice Presidential Candidate of the party, said this at the 2018 Vice Presidential Debate in Abuja.
According to Getso,the economy is not giving Nigerians what they want; and so, an overhaul of the constitution is what is needed.
“We will embark on a constitutional restructuring to transform the health,security and education sectors, while empowering the youths and creating employment.
“The constitutional restructuring will enable us to distribute power down to the six geo-political zones giving them the opportunity to own their resources.
“In this way,there will be enough for development at all levels.”
Getso said that the party would also work on the power sector because shortage of electricity was inimical to the development of the country.
Mrs Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya,Vice Presidential Candidate of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN), said the party would work to empower women and children.
Abdullahi-Iya said that the party had plans that would enable the 13 million out-of-school children go back to school.
She said that the party would give the economy top priority and not politics.
She said that the party would empower 774 local government areas in the country to harness the resources available in their areas in a manner that their development would be sustained.
This,she said, would enhance the economy and close the poverty gap in the country.(NAN)