A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has strongly opposed calls for the creation of 31 additional states in Nigeria, describing the move as unsustainable and ineffective in addressing the country’s challenges. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday, George argued that state creation would neither solve the nation’s …

A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien has called on President Bola Tinubu, and the leadership of the National and state assemblies to commence constitutional reform and restructuring of the country, which would lead to true federalism. Essien, who represented Eket/Onna/Esit Eket/Ibeno federal constituency of the then Cross River State in the Second Republic, said …

As I was saying, assuming we elect a messiah as president, could he still fail to deliver the goods? In my previous article, I argued that Nigerian presidents fail, or fail to live up to expectations, for a million reasons, out of which I listed five: one, excessive pre-election marketing of candidates; two, our warped understanding of federalism which shapes …

By Gbenga Olarinoye, Ilorin  Yoruba in Kwara State, under the aegis of Apapo Yoruba Kwara, on Thursday asked that the Federal Government should return Nigeria to true federalism as negotiated and agreed to by their forerunners in the 2014 National Conference. Fielding questions from journalists in Ilorin, the coordinator of the socio-cultural organisation, which is made up of over 16 …