Nigeria's federal arrangement defective, requires restructuring – Prof Ojo
Prof. Gbade Ojo has called for political and fiscal restructuring of the federal arrangement in Nigeria.
The senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Ojo rejected the suggestion that the country should embrace proportional representation in its political system.
The ex-Chief of Staff to former Oyo Governor Abiola Ajimobi said what Nigeria needed was restructuring, rather than proportional representation.
The don stressed that the current convoluting federalism is not ideal for national integration.
“Political elites should be sincere to know that the federal arrangement is defective and requires serious restructuring,” he asserted.
Ojo said the First Republic style, in which each region was autonomous, should be brought back, especially with the number of ethnic conglomerates.
“The idea of proportional representation in this kind of a federal arrangement that is too centralized can simply not work,” the professor added.
(NAN)
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Sola Saraki Educational Foundation Abdulhakeem Amao Garment Factory Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Chief Imam Of Lafiagi Saheed Popoola Aminat Omodara Sobi Kola Adesina Ajibola Saliu Ajia Mohammed Kamaludeen NTA Ilorin Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners Standard Organization Of Nigeria Oniye Sa\'adu Gambari Hassan Saliu Kwara Pdp Shade Omoniyi Labaeka Dan Iya Fatimah Abdulkadir Abdulrahman Abdulrasak 2017 Budget Radio SBS Abubakar Kawu Baraje Afonja Descendants Union Tosho Yaqub Kaosarah Adeyi Kwara State Governor Muazam Nayaya Ghali Muhammed Isiaka Gold Musbau A. Akanji Ibrahim Abdullahi Unicontinental Construction Company Ayedun BIR CKNG Kwarareports Kayode Zubair Islamiya Abdulraheem Dan Masanin KwaraLearn General Hospital, Ilorin Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng Yakubu Shaaba Shehu Salau Lithium Donatus Ejidike Olabimpe Olani Oko Abubakar Imam Akume Alfa Yahaya Road Yusuf Abdulkadir Segun Abifarin Michael Nzekwe Gbemisola Oguntimehin Abdulmutalib Shittu Kamaldeen Gambari Hakeem Idris Lafiagi Ubandoma Presidential Election Ganiyu Taofiq Shettima Of Ilorin Lanre Aremu All Peoples Party AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro Abdullahi AbdulMajeed Magaji Nda Awwal Jawondo Salihu Ajibola Ajia Lateef Fagbemi Moses Afolayan

