Nigeria: Federalism Has Failed in Nigeria, Say Okunnu, Attah

26 April 2018

Former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu, SAN, and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Victor Attah, and some leaders, yesterday, dissected the state of Nigeria's federalism and returned a grim verdict: Federalism is dead in Nigeria.

They fingered former President Olusegun Obasanjo for being principally responsible for killing federalism in the country through the 1979 constitution and his opposition to restructuring, resource control and devolution of power to the federating units.

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