Southern Nigeria: Of Federalism and Conservative Rumblings, By Dakuku Peterside
Many stakeholders in Nigeria have concluded that the country presently does not seem to be working.
Meeting of Southern States’ Governors in Delta State [PHOTO CREDIT: @seyiamakinde]
The governors also stated that the Federal Government should take urgent and bold steps to restructure the Nigerian federation. This restructuring should lead to the evolution of state police, a review of the revenue allocation formula in favour of the sub-national governments and creation of other institutions, which legitimately advance our commitment to and practice of true federalism.
The amalgamation of the Southern and Northern protectorates in 1914 to form the Nigerian state seems unfinished. Since this union, there has been constant and continuous agitation for a national debate, under different names, to discuss the existence and future of the country. During periods of crisis, these divergent protectorates, al
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