Nigeria must return to fiscal federalism, governors should stop regional jamboree — Igali

— PANDEF chair seeks restructuring, 15-region federation proposed By Henry Umoru ABUJA — The National Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Ambassador Godknows Igali, has called for the restoration of fiscal federalism and greater devolution of powers to Nigeria’s regions, warning that excessive concentration of political and economic powers in Abuja is weakening the country’s productive capacity.

According to him, the consultations identified over-centralisation and excessive concentration of executive authority at the federal level as major factors contributing to Nigeria’s fractured unity and poor economic performance.” Restructuring now national survival strategy Meanwhile, the Concerned Citizens Assembly declared that restructuring had become a “national survival strategy”, citing insecurity, economic hardship, mutual distrust and declining confidence in public institutions as evidence of the need for a new national consensus on the structure of the federation.