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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Tony Nnadi has lambasted the Nigerian government for shunning the South-West for the post of Customs Comptroller-General.<\/p>\n

Nnadi is the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), a body chaired by Prof Banji Akintoye.<\/p>\n

At the 13th edition of Fela debates in Lagos, Nnadi called for the discard of the Nigerian Constitution, noting that it favours a section of the country than others.<\/p>\n

The event, monitored by DAILY POST, was part of the 2021 Felabration and themed \u2018The National Question \u2013 Evolution or Devolution\u2019.<\/p>\n

Nnadi told Nigerians to forget any major progress in the country because growth is being stifled by bigots and selfish leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Federal Government owns everything including the water in a state. They make trillions from the Lagos port annually.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut till date, no Yoruba man or woman has been appointed Nigeria Customs Service Comptroller-General. Is this normal?<\/p>\n

\u201cLagos should not be going to Abuja cap in hand to beg for funds or be waiting for federal allocation every month.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t give Lagos up to 5 percent of the revenue they generate from the port. I\u2019m not even talking about other sectors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe constitution is flawed. I challenge any lawyer in Nigeria to come out, let us argue in public so I can disgrace him.<\/p>\n

\u201cSection 2 provides all the good things for the citizens but they are not doing them \u2013 roads, welfare, healthcare, education, etc.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo to Section 6, subsection 6c, you will find out that the Federal Government does not owe you anything.<\/p>\n

\u201cSection 81 says the President must get legislative approval to spend, but Section 82 protects him to spend as he pleases.<\/p>\n

\u201cSections 121 and 122 also allow Governors to dip their hands in state vault anyhow the like.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is Section 308 that provides immunity shielding them (President, Vice, Governors, Deputies) from prosecution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis means when they do anything, they can get away with it. Are we going to continue like this?<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the 2023 general election, we must decide our future. If it is conducted based on the current constitution, Nigeria\u2019s problems will not end.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a tap is running making the who place flood, you are just wasting your time mopping it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you should do is turn it off. If you don\u2019t, that problem will continue and in the next 300 years, you\u2019re still there mopping\u201d, Nnadi said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Tony Nnadi has lambasted the Nigerian government for shunning the South-West for the post of Customs Comptroller-General. Nnadi is the Secretary-General of the Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS), a body chaired by Prof Banji Akintoye. At the 13th edition of Fela debates in Lagos, Nnadi called for the discard of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[347,1570,2140,1633,5709,5710,254,822,5708],"class_list":["post-52008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-abuja","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-customs","tag-fela","tag-lagos-port","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-government","tag-tony-nnadi"],"yoast_head":"\nLagos port: Nigeria makes trillions yet no Yoruba appointed Customs CG \u2013 Tony Nnadi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tony Nnadi has lambasted the Nigerian government for shunning the South-West for the post of Customs Comptroller-General ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos port: Nigeria makes trillions yet no Yoruba appointed Customs CG \u2013 Tony Nnadi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tony Nnadi has lambasted the Nigerian government for shunning the South-West for the post of Customs Comptroller-General ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-18T15:41:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-616d8fca9f60a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1205\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos port: Nigeria makes trillions yet no Yoruba appointed Customs CG \u2013 Tony Nnadi\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-18T15:41:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi\"},\"wordCount\":403,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/10\/img-616d8fca9f60a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abuja\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"customs\",\"Fela\",\"Lagos Port\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nigerian government\",\"Tony Nnadi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-port-nigeria-makes-trillions-yet-no-yoruba-appointed-customs-cg-tony-nnadi\",\"name\":\"Lagos port: Nigeria makes trillions yet no Yoruba appointed Customs CG \u2013 Tony Nnadi - 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