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.

Borgu     Ganmo     NIPOGA     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     CACOVID Palliatives     Rebecca Bake     Yomi Ogunsola     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Kazeem Oladepo     Abiodun Oyedepo     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     March 28     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Mohammed Saidu     Umaru Saro     Kale Ayo     Olatomiwa Williams     Jawondo     Lawan     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Young Progressives Party     Abdullahi Samari     MalHub     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Mahee Abdulkadir     Yunus Lawal     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Baruba     Saadu Yusuf     Akeem Olatunji     Hamza Usman     Fareedah Dankaka     All Peoples Party     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Labaeka     Gamji Members Association     IsDB     Abdulkarim Adisa     George Funsho Adebayo     Adebayo Salami     Sunday Popo-Ola     Saraki     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Stephen Fasakin     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Kehinde Boyede     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     2017 Budget     Sunset Workers     Ibrahim Orire     Kumbi Titiloye     Leke Ogungbe     Osuwa     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Egbewole     Sheikh Ariyibi     Harmony Holdings     Bureau Of Lands     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     SDP     Iyeru Grammar School     EFCC     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Bayo Lawal     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Idris Garba     Obuh     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Moji Makanjuola     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Baba Issa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ridwan Agboola     Amasa     Opobiyi     Ado Bayero     Ramat Oganija     Risikat Lawal     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Kunbi Titiloye     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Azeez Salawu     Timothy Akangbe     QuickWin     Kwara NIPR     Awodun     Afeyin-Olukuta     Olatunde Olukoya     Bisi Oyeleke     Adijat Adebiyi     Unilorin FM     Kwara Consultative Forum     Ayo Opadokun     Isiaka Yusuf     Quran     Adedipe     Alaro     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Elerinjare     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Pakata     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Rafiu Ajakaye     Kassim Babamale     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Babatunde Idiagbon     KWAFFA     Bello Abubakar     KWASEIC     Kwara South     Hausa     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Sodiya     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Moses Salami     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Lateef Fagbemi     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Aisha Gobir     Hakeem Idris     Mutawalle     Magaji Are     Wahab Issa     James Ayeni     Manzuma     Olabode Towoju     Yemi Sanni     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Okedare     Paul Odama     Lanre Olosunde     Iyiola Oyedepo     Aremu Odolaye     Oluranti Idowu     Abraham Ojo     Igbomina     Gbugbu     Folorunsho Alao     Mahee Abdulkadir     Ilorin Emirate     Innocent Okoye     Maryam Nurudeen     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Samari     Javed Khan