Sunday, June 20, 2010

Restructure Nigeria-Soludo

Via Coder at a lecture titled “Who Will Reform Politics in Nigeria” Charles Soludo:
...called for the pruning of Nigeria to six regions with Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja as special centres. He said 774 local governments, were merely conduits for profligacy and waste, as well as the adoption of a unicameral legislature that would reduce the number of law- makers from 459-150.
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Well said! We have previously discussed Nigeria's synthetic states and largely pirate governors. Its unlikely that Nigeria's political turkeys will vote for this kind of thanksgiving.

1 comments:

tarry2020 said...

Structuring the 36 States to 6 Regions would be like pasing the proverbal camel to the needle's eye. But deliberatly making Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja special centers from which development will spread in a ripple fashion across the country is very feasible. These centres already assume such status any way, due to their political and economic importance.