Nigeria's federal arrangement defective, requires restructuring – Prof Ojo

Date: 2022-09-22

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.

Yunus Lawal     IQRA College     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Abdulrosheed Okiki     MATTA Girls Foundation     Halimat Yusuf     Lanre Issa Onilu     Tunde Kazeem     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Ladi Hassan     Ejidongari     Abubakar Imam     Olateju Lukman     Magaji Nda     Florence Saraki     Usman Alkali Baba     Ogidi-Oloje     Bello Oyedepo     TETFUND     Ademola Kiyesola     Sunset Workers     Centre For Digital Economy     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Akeem Lawal     Sa\'adu Salau     Shuaib Olarongbe     Olaosebikan     Baba Issa Awoye     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Ilorin General Hospital     Undergraduate Bursary     Tinubu     Agbarere     Curfew     YAKOOYO     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Fatimat Saliu     Kale Belgore     Bayo Ajia     Binta Abubakar Mora     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Kuliyan Geri     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Babs Iwarere     Federal Allocation     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Kisra     AbdulRahman Saad     Ibrahim Orire     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Lanre Badmas     Police Commissioner     Bayo Onimago     Olupako Of Share     Salake     Rueben Parejo     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     S.O. Opowoye     Arik     John Olajide Adedipe     Kayode Alabi     Abubakar Aliagan     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Oni Adebayo     Hamidu Olowo     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Dan-Kazeem     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Eleyele     NIPR     Akorede    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Sarah Jubril     Kwara State Fire Service     Ayedun     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Sobi     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Muhammad Yahya     Alliance For Democracy     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Share     Femi Ogunsola     Kumbi Titilope     Sarkin Malamai     Abraham Ojo     Iyiola Oyedepo     MATTA Girls Foundation     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Oko-Olowo     Communication Network Support Services     Abubakar Aliagan     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Tuesday Assayomo     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Tosin Saraki     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     AbdulRauf Keji     Javed Khan     Ahmed \'Lateef     Kayode Laro     Olaoye B. Felix     Saad Belgore     Law School Scholarship     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Bola Olukoju     KWACOBPA     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Adegoke Bamidele     Ilorin Metro Park     International Aviation College     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Yoruba     Babatunde Idiagbon     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Pius Abioje     Suleiman Abubakar     Kwara South     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Samuel Adaramola     Sunset Workers     Osuwa     Musibau Akanji     Mukhtar Shagaya     Ogidi-Oloje     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Chief Imam Of Offa     Ope Saraki     Kwara 2023     Shero     Wasiu Odewale     Tunji Ajanaku     Plat Technologies Limited     Ahmed Bayero     Baba Issa     Marufat Oladosu     Elelu     Baba Idris     Raji AbdulRasaq     Issa Baba     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport