Why there should be devolution of powers – Ekweremadu

Dr Ekweremadu said after delivering a lecture on Constitutionalism and the challenges of leadership in Africa: an evaluation of tested models’, in New York.

The event was organised by the Centre for Media and Peace Initiatives, a New York-based international non-governmental organisation, to mark the 10th anniversary of the centre.

Excerpts:

  • Nigeria does not require to be fragmented at this time. There is joy in being together.
  • What we need is giving everybody a sense of belonging and ensuring good governance.

Other highlights:

  • He stressed the need for the country to be restructured from the current over-concentration of power at the centre, which was non-responsive to the citizenry.
  • The central government that once appeared necessary and beneficent has compromised, even jeopardised its standing by perceived highhandedness, unfair treatment of some ethnic groups and abuse of power. The powerful central government has made citizens vulnerable to bureaucratic manipulation and control and left them powerless, and reminded them at every turn that the promise of self-government has been eroded.”
  • Currently, Nigeria has a very powerful centre, hence the need for devolution of powers.
  • Ekweremadu stressed that a restructured Nigeria would be in the best interest of everyone as each geo-political zone would maximise its potentialities.

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