Debate over restructuring continues in Nigeria

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has cautioned that the clamour for restructuring, which has been on the front burner of national discourse, will not solve the gamut of problems confronting Nigeria, unless fundamental challenges like tribalism and nepotism are properly addressed. [ . . . ] On his part, the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, said the best approach to effect restructuring would be to “reduce powers and resources of the federal government specified in the Federal and Concurrent Legislative List; “Increase powers and resources of the state governments on the State Legislative List; devolve powers and resources from the states to the local governments; require the states to create ‘Development Areas’, as the lower level tier of governance at the grassroots level, below the LGAs, and, accordingly, review the resources allocation/revenue sharing formula between federal, states (and local governments) taking into consideration the new sharing of power and responsibilities.”
Read the full article here: The Sun