Nigeria: Okorocha Advocates Power Devolution

10 November 2014

Owerri — GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, weekend, advocated for what he termed "systematic devolution of power in Nigeria where the enormous power at the centre is decentralized to the state and local governments."

Okorocha, who spoke in Owerri, while addressing board members of the Nigerian Media Merit Award, NMMA, contended that it would help to create sustainable economic development at the grassroots.

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