The statement that we are Nigerians first before being whatever ethnic group we are is a wrong assertion. Nigeria is an integration of various ethnic groups. I am first me, a yoruba man with a culture and ethnic beliefs and considerations. If the Nigeria would not accommodate the whole of me, then it needs restructuring is needed to let me be able to be who I am within the larger entity called Nigeria.

Time and time again, northerners pretend they don't understand what restructuring really means. Willful ignorance or just plain obfuscation?

Typical Fulani man, they pretend they don't know what Restructuring or devolution of powers mean, they confuse issues making the simple look complex.

All what you're saying is gilberish. Sorry your professorship is questionable; because you know you're being deceitful. And that has been your game for a long time.. You knew what you're doing and saying is all to your advantage; and to the detriment of others. Which constitution are you referring to? The one written by Yadudu; imposed on us all by Abdul Salami Abubakar under the disguise that he wanted to leave in 1999 when he knew everything in the constitution favors the North. And for your information; we're not Nigerians first. I'm Yoruba first before anything. My race and other nationalities including yours has been in existence before the British came and gave you the advantage over us when they were leaving. You created your problems for yourselves when you created Sharia in twelve (12) northern states; and you were warned. But you never listen; Go on if you want to keep killing yourselves, please continue to do so; but leave us out of your madness of valuing cow's lives more than human lives. Do face your problems; and let us face ours. Out we want, going we're going. We're not the same. I'm Yoruba; You're Fulani. We're not in anyway the same. Please give me a break from your constant one Nigerianess of Deceitful patriotism. Go and carry your cross and let me carry mine.

Professor do you think you have the right to tell the southern Nigerians how to Sharp the destiny of their children???

60 years is enough to practice madness, it is time to practicalize the madness. Oduduwa MUST go. The Biafrans have left Nigeria since 1967.

This people are living in a bubble. Those that benefit from the status quo will do all that they can to maintain the status quo. Restructuring is the moderate voice, ignore at your own peril

Waste of time listening to this guy. To him Nigeria must remain the same no matter what. Pretending he doesn't understand what restructuring mean. Restructure or we break it up.

This union has failed. Anyone who disagrees is living in a bubble. You can't hide the truth forever. One day, this bubble will bust

The fulani from other Africa countries should be banned from Nigeria..

This man is talking nonsense!!!!

So disappointed in this guest... If we really restructured this guy ought to be in jail

The Prof is being ecinomical with the truth. He knows the truth. Suddenly Dr. Abati, the all knowing analysts suddenly lost his voice. He cant even ask any serious questions or even a follow up. Coward. You should have ask him the real pertinent question.. Ask him what the solution should be.

Solar powered pumps for water. Husks of corn can be turned into silage for cow feed. Cassava peels can be processed exactly like garri for cow feed also. With those three things you don’t need RUGA in my town.Are you telling me an educated Fulani who has worked on three continents does not know these things.

I feel for this guy. Seems educated. But he is starred in the face with his kinsman in the government who said he will favour the percentage of those who voted him in. But sadly his (buhari) ineptitude has blown up in their faces. Their women are raped and their children killed by themselves. But if this country were to remain one the yorubas and the Igbos would want to avert the same fate befalling them like it is in the north. Although the insecurity is everywhere. Hence the clamour for restructuring or a break up!!!

But why is it that every where you go the Fulanis are the heading every thing.They head of Military,Police,Navy,Air Force and every important post in Nigeria.

You disagreed with infrastructure, but agree with establishing Ruga which is part of the infrastructure. We cited American but failed in that America is built base on the region. Fulani mentality

Who dash this fulani man professor?

Biafra is the answer. The rest of you can manage Nigeria.

Prof Usman was busy talking of insecurity in the North, and without a solution to this insecurity in the North, there will be no restructuring. This is a statement of impunity and domineering ownership of this country. The insecurity is an effect. The question is what is the cause of this insecurity in the north. Until North addresses the cause of this insecurity, they will continue to be enveloped by it. And this flagrant display of impunity and ownership of this country should be strongly rejected by the other federating geo-political zones of this country period.

He doesn't have good answers to those questions Ruben. He's seen the best countries in the world and he's speaking in this manner? Is it how those best countries do in their lands?

Who invited this biased fool to studio? He doesn’t want Nigeria restructured because the current status quo favour him immensely. Nonsense!

Why can't the country break up,a country can break up when there's break down of law and order and injustices everywhere.

Why send all your police to the south if so few in katsina??

WHY DO EX GOVERNORS LOCAL GOV. CHAIRMEN SUDDENLY GETS EXTREMELY RICH AFTER THERE 4 OR 8 YRS?

We must face the truth oooooo. Most Northerners will never see anything wrong with current Nigeria system. We still need restructuring, look into everything carefully

The interviewers are trying so hard to rephrase the definition of restructuring that you claim not to know, but you're being dodgy

Look at his Janus face. Talking rubbish. Is the country a place worthy of habitation for the people except for you Fulanis who on daily basis engage in all forms of socio-political and economic vices? What's he talking about? He talks very annoyingly. In addition, he is completely a confused man, approbating and reprobating at the same time.

Breakup this british failed experiment called fulanigeria. I don't care what a fulani janjaweed extremists thinks.

Most educated Filani man. With ruga, fulani lands in the south,but a southerner can not have a beer in the north. So smart...

The question is why are people agitating for restructuring. The present House of Assembly can not do the work because Majority will carry the vote which as it where today are mostly Northerners .We need fresh constitution where every region cater for resources in their domain

If Fulani who dominate all levers of powers in Nigeria and yet no security in your tribes, don't you get it thstvthe rest of the nation who your brothers are oppressing them in their ancestral homes are not happy with the injustice of the Fulani Federal government.

You guys are scared of asking the Northerners: why is it that the custom service, the senate, the whole security institutions, most of the ministers are and the strategic position in this country are headed by the Northerners??

The various nations who came together to form Nigeria should be invited for the constitution review not the fraudulent senate

What a trash talk... Fulani 🚫

This man is carward they are the one benefiting from the mess

Quota system Almajiri professor.

This man,Professor Usufu with makeup can pass as Buhari. He has some ideas but Fulani people can not be trusted

To be honest, this man is making serious sense.

Why is it that any time the word restructuring of Nigeria, is mentioned, the fulana people in particular, becomes edgy?

Usman Yusuf is the wrong person to be lecturing us about constitution. This is the same man who was recalcitrant at the National Health Inshurance Schemed. He felt entitled to a job. As far as I am concerned , I don't need this clown telling me about constitution.

This Fulani man is so full of himself. Privately, he is scared by the prospect of Nigeria breaking up. Nigeria will break up the way it is going so SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN! There is no need for threatening talks. No wonder he fell out with his minister of health. He is damn too ARROGANT.

WHAT USELESS CONSTITUTION IS HE TALKING ABOUT ? THE ONE WHERE SECTION 2 WILL SAY 1+1 = 2 BUT SUB-SECTION 4 WILL SAY 1+1 = 5 , USELESS CONSTITUTION

"....We are first Nigerians??????" Totally disagree with you. If people up there had been sharing this thinking long ago, they would have been patriotic toward Nigeria. Truth is, the first allegiance of most uneducated Nigerians is their faith and not Nigeria. You goofed on that Professor.

"People are dying in the north", what do you want us to do?

What about cut off point mark...for northern nigerians...is it ..the same country with different law and rule

Nigeria will break up if we continue on this path

National Referendum for constitutional restructuring a must..

Nonsense! You people exactly know what restructuring means! U people are happy having all the service chiefs from ur north! All the appointments in government from ur place! Thunder fire all of you that claims u don’t know what it means! Nigeria must be restructured or things will go soar!!!

No one should expect those benefiting from this injustice to be against it, the constitution his talking about is just a piece of trash that needs to be trashed, constitution of any nation is written by the people not few individuals from a particular tribe.

Wow wow wow what a teacheable moment, I glued to the TV for the entire duration of this program. This man is a noble, intellectual and a great Nigeria. If anyone with sense of honestly and ample intelligent will surely learn something from this prof. And for those not appreciating his depth of knowledge and understanding of the topic well maybe you guys need to search your understanding and stop your ethnocentric sentiment in thinking. Maybe it's about time you free your mind of the mental slavery and start thinking for yourself and not what someone else conjugated into your thought process. Thank you prof and God continue to bless you and help NIGERIA navigate through this period in peace and harmony

What are you restructuring? Was the Confab used? Killings? Or what?

Of course the politicians are criminals but if u think all Nigerians are equal, u must be sleeping

The Fulanis and nation building. This is their best

Whatever man he is,fulani or hausa must be crazy with his idea we are talking about restructuring not governors period

Restructuring is simple means, every state scontrol everything in their states, plus state police and security e.t.c. pay 25-30 5 to the center finish.

Who is this clown so called professor???

very intelligent and intellectual exchange between interviewers and the interviewed. So I am very surprised that only 8 thousands Nigerians have viewed this upload so far; knowing that 2023 is an election year.

This fulani man is an embarrassment as mot of his people 😱😳

This Fulani Jihadist is clown. Even with his education, he still thinks like Usman Dan Fodio. People are already aware of the fulani vices.

we are not one nation cuz your generation had divided the one nation.

He was completely a Fulani man. Same mindset, regardless of hisceducatiin Absolute trash

Who is the MOTHER of boko harms..it is the NORTH.

Local autonomy of the region will resolve the insecurity problems.

Who wrote the constitution he is hampering on ceaselessly, this man must be made to understand that the game up.we are not Nigerian before our ethnic nationalities. There is nothing bidding with the so called Nigeria.

This fulani man should stop talking.he is a beneficiary of the system. Ask him about his stay in the USA or his employer ( Nigeria Government

Because the hopeless constition favours you

What do yoy expect from a beneficiary.

restructure is all we need..

Why don't he advocate for those multiple road blocks with multitude of police men be reduced & the police men move to the North to help.

North is secured enough to be alone ,

Nigeria is DEAD

Thanking u sir,u have said it all,a word of advice is enough for the wise and honest man.

well, you need security but we need resource control each state controlling each resources and paying the federal government

this hasn't aged well....

He has spoken well like a fulani and northerner. No fulani man wants restructuring and they will always argue against it since it favors them the most... If you are complaining about the killing in the north is it not the consequences of your actions, beliefs and thirst for power that brought it upon you? It's just sad that Ruben, rufai and tudun couldn't ask him Germain questions as they have been known to always do... We need restructuring let each region rule themselves... This constitution favours only the north so they will fight for it to to remain so... We are tired we want a constitution that works for us and not a particular tribe taking the rest of us for a ride

This man don't know basics of Economy. Without vital infrastructure like bridge and good roads how do you build your economics. Without strong Economy how do you improve security. Without state control of resources how do you generate revenue for better security.

The professir is wrong. Well meeaning Nigerians know what restructuring means. The present Constitution is faulty and we know how it began. The professor says he is 60. Therefore, he is probably ignorant of the Lancaster House agreement that gave rise to Nigerian Independence. If he has ever listened to Chief Adebanjo of Afenefere he will know he will know that Nigeria's stability cannot be guaranteed without a new Constitution. There must be self-governance for federating units as agreed in Lancaster. House.

But I foolanis are terrible. I'm an igbo, a biafran.

Who are the bandits? Who are the security chiefs, so what's the problems of security in the North

Arise News should have brought Dele Farotimi to educate this Professor on what 'Restructuring' means. If crude oil in commercial quantity should be found in one of the states in the North, I bet Prof. would quickly understand restructuring.

We are not one people and we can never ever be one people pls.

Sorry professor you lied. The country never be a block and devide by three.its Nation never a block and you must withdraw that word Block. All the Biafrans need is referendum and that only what will solve the problem.

If this country is not restructure you never see peace in that country. Mark my world.

Prof Usma say RUGA but people says ranches. But are there Ruga in the USA ,Europe and Asia because they also have cow herders there. This man should tell the south what the north have to brings to the country as something to share with the south,for example they have large espanse of land,can they allows the farmers in south to come and take over some lands in all the states in north for them to farm?,can they resettlement some southern farmers to the north?

Why don’t you Rugar in the North

Federal character is not being adhered to by this administration, other tribes felt Marginalized.

You can see prof Usman is really Fulani mentality mr prof Usman you are talking full rubish why you people afraid of separation?

What are the police doing so no police officer again 😢😢

You don't expect anything more from the beneficiary of this worped system. You will notice that these people will always say: restructuring means different things to different people, so forget it. They don't want to restructure and MNK is 100% correct. He is divinely inspired to know their thinking, so something has to give way soon for any forward movement. Thank goodness people are getting ready.

If he don't know what is restructure let him visit dictionary

We are not one you go with your Islamic Republic of Arewa

Nigeria will explode in your face. If even at 60, u don't have love for your country, instead, u have ran to America, now u are saying rubbish. E go shock u

This is the worst episode of your program that I've ever watched! How could the prof sidestep or deliberately parry all the questions he was asked, making so much smoke rather than barbeque? Is he being evasive on purpose? Or is he given to circumlocution? Abeg!

Prof Yusuf, I greet you. Please ask your northern leaders why all the police officers left the north and were in every street in the south west / south east?? , prof you said we have representatives in the house, please prof to inform you! The representatives were only representing their pockets. Prof you said that the northerners has been killed since 11 years ago and that nobody is publishing it , prof thats lie its been published every day, MNK the IPOB LEADER was reporting it every day to the entire world so Kudos to him . If I may ask you how did this 11 years killing in the north started ?? , Prof finally let me ask you this two (2) question IS THE MAN IN ASO ROCK NOW THAT YOUR KATSINA BROTHER BUHARI THAT YOU KNOW??? WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THE JUDGEMENT OF YOUR BROTHER TANKO MOHAMMAD CJN FOR HIS JUDGMENT OF IMO STATE ELECTION TRIBUNAL ?? Your simple answer to this two (2) questions will tell the world whom you are .

Ok,the country should continue restructuring until we have a perfect country but it better to go back to regional governments as the colonial master left it for us in 1960.

Am more angry than Nnamdi kanu

The best solution is to divide, stop talking nonsense.

Typical fulani man

Look at this man is not happy for the studio he don't want to hear restructure or to brake up