Cherishing:
Please help a friend

I have been reading other peoples comment but I don't know how to comment

and what did you just do?

[quote author=EverestdeBliu post=46515122] That's just the simple solution; But the North will not like this,they'll fight tooth and nails to water down this simple solution. states don't have control over resources found within its territory. If a state wants to harness any resource in its region,it must first obtain licence from the federal government. The centre owns the land and resources within the boundary of Nigeria...now you see that's a huge limitation to development

No Sir, you're wrong. Here are facts:
1. True Federalism has nothing to do with regions, it's states and states only because regions are dead and simply history, so forget that;
2. In our constitution, all Land is vested in state Governors. This is why C of O is not issued by the President but by the Governors. So governors don't need any kind of license from federal to plant palm oil sir. Check out what Lagos, Rivers and Cross River started doing with rail despite it being an exclusive activity of the FG. Did the FG under GEJ stop them?;
3. It is true that some resources and activities are on the Exclusive list for central control but there are also quite a number on the concurrent list for control by either the Centre or the States. The truth is a lot of state governments have become LAZY because of oil money that comes monthly. This makes it convenient for them to shout true federalism and blame the Centre while not actually planning the harder route of beginning true federalism by raising IGR. Take Lagos for instance, it took survival (when OBJ seized huge LGA funds) for Lagos to start raising IGR and looking critically at the concurrent list for more areas to raise revenue. It was not simply a deliberate act to become independent and practice true federalism.

I hope you can see that the chants for true federalism while very valid can sometimes be a chicken and egg story.

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign states, united for purposes of common action often in relation to other states. Usually created by treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the general government being required to provide support for all its members. Confederalism represents a main form of inter-governmentalism, this being defined as ‘any form of interaction between states which takes place on the basis of sovereign independence.

The nature of the relationship among the member states constituting a confederation varies considerably. Likewise, the relationship between the member states and the general government, and the distribution of powers among them is highly variable. Some looser confederations are similar to international organisations. Other confederations with stricter rules may resemble federal systems.

Since the member states of a confederation retain their sovereignty, they have an implicit right of secession. The political philosopher Emmerich Vattel observed: ‘Several sovereign and independent states may unite themselves together by a perpetual confederacy without each in particular ceasing to be a perfect state. … The deliberations in common will offer no violence to the sovereignty of each member’.

Under a confederal arrangement, in contrast with a federal one, the central authority is relatively weak.Decisions made by the general government in a unicameral legislature, a council of the member states, require subsequent implementation by the member states to take effect. They are therefore not laws acting directly upon the individual, but instead have more the character of inter-state agreements. Also, decision-making in the general government usually proceeds by consensus (unanimity) and not by majority, which makes for slow and inefficient government. These problematic features, limiting the effectiveness of the union, mean that political pressure tends to build over time for the transition to a federal system of government, as happened in the American, Swiss, German and European cases of regional integration.
This is what Nigeria really need..........And not Federalism...........

Ambode is only stating what the North are afraid of because they have been a parasite to the Nigerian economy right from the beginning.

Looking at the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Nigeria from a Wikipedia achieve reveals why the North is afraid of true federalism.

The time is coming and its almost here were we as a Nation either have regional economies or seperate and go our respective ways.

Excuse you? Aren't you guys in power? Who are you telling?

try and convince your awusa overlords on this one.

ascek:
Ambode an APC Legend is talking sense. So let others follow suit. Very seriously many companies have fainted. If things continue like this for another one month, I am sorry there may be anarchy.

Am a PDP man but Ambode is making too much srnse. The truth is that every state in this country is wealthy but because we have lazy and unintelligible leaders at the center..

I thought APC is the solution. How come it is true federalism? I don't understand. Lia Muhammed tell us the lie that follows pls. Am waiting

Jst observing the situations 1st before any comment.

Uhmm!! Yolobas. They keep saying it everyday but in their act they keep voting for people that will never make it come to reality. Dumb arse!!

Maximum respect for Ambode, the true YORUBA son, let the truth set us free

WE WANT BIAFRA Not Federalism

hansyllo:
True federalism is the only way forward right now

It has always been the only way forward.
I wonder what our wrong is to repeatedly deserve these set of people rulling us for decades

amakenny:
Insincerity on the part of southwest political leaders is what is withholding return to true and fiscal federalism to Nigeria.

Last CONFAB, southwest leaders asked for regional government system without fiscal federalism. Regional government without fiscal federalism is worse than the unitary government system we have today.

But before merging southwest ACN to northern Nigeria political parties who can't touch return to true and fiscal federalism even with a long pole, ACN leaders then had been begging in every political campaign to restore true and fiscal federalism to Nigeria.

Northern and south west Nigeria are merely playing on the intelligence of others over the issue of return to true and fiscal federalism.

Methinks, the north and southwest are merely waiting for when crude oil finishes in the Niger delta before they can agree to return to true and fiscal federalism.

When will ur people get tired of spreading LIES?

Is it u DT will tell d SW what it wants after everyone agreed on fiscal federalism? The only regions against a better democracy in this country is d SE & the north.

The SE is not interested in fiscal federalism. They want to leave d country wt d SS & continue unitary rule in Biafra. The north is also against it cos they don't want some states to be more powerful Dan them.

Those are d facts.

anigold:


Am a PDP man but Ambode is making too much srnse. The truth is that every state in this country is wealthy but because we have lazy and unintelligible leaders at the center..

Please this is not a PDP/APC issue.
You partisans should get DT fact into ur skulls. PDP ruled for 16yrs and did nothing. APC just started its rule.

This issue never gets a hearing because d majority in this country don't want it. And yes northerners are still d majority. Everything concerning d constitution & its changes starts and ends in d houses of assembly. Counting d majority of yeas on this topic will be a tribal issue, not a party issue. DT is when ull know all d PDP & APC northerners are in agreement.

The only way fiscal federalism will be brought up as an issue, is if more people like ambode & ekweremadu (who have mentioned it recently) keep mentioning it and convincing d others (northern majority) abt its importance. You don't win arguments with fight, u convince people.

LoveMachine:
Major respect to Ambode for pushing for True Federalism.

It is only talk, talk, no action. Since his father Tinubu and the other leaders started eating national cake directly at Abuja, have you heard him (Tinubu) and the rest talk again about Regional Government and Sovereign National Conference (SNC) which was their song before now.

Politicians always seeking their personal interest since 19 woreva...

signz:
God is answering our prayers.

I want to believe that Ambode just echoed Tinubu's thoughts.

Just the other day, Atiku said something about restructuring the nation.

There's light at the end of the tunnel.

Exactly.

Thewrath:

You are probably high on the supposed version of cheap watery expired ewedu to tell me deep down that it is the position of yorubas!

U are soooooo stupid. So yes I will tell u loudly DT fiscal federalism "has been d position of d Yorubas before u iPod youth knew what federalism meant".

Nonsense! Just spewing nonsense all over naira land everyday.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/true-federalism-condition-remain-nigeria-yoruba-groups/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/tinubu-akinrinade-predict-doom-without-true-federalism/

http://www.myfinancialintelligence.com/content/tinubu-canvasses-true-federalism-tackle-nation%E2%80%99s-woes

http://thehopenewspapers.com/2015/12/true-federalism-crucial-to-graft-war-arogbofa/

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/february-poll-grave-mistake-nigeria-cannot-afford-pa-ayo-adebanjo-afenifere-leader-/


Ur propaganda lying bullish*t is just DT. Bullish*t!

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Ur right. If not for obj teaching tinubu a lesson, Lagos would never have looked inward for igr. Same thing would happen if all states suddenly become broke, as is d case now.

I believe d FG should stop all bailouts & let d states stew in this jobless predicament for a few more years. It will reduce d amount of thieves running for governorship elections.

And we need to put pressure on d legislature to bring up a bill on fiscal federalism. Nigerians don't understand DT d legislature is a separate & equal arm of power to d executive. It is not under d executive.

janellemonae:


Please this is not a PDP/APC issue.
You partisans should get DT fact into ur skulls. PDP ruled for 16yrs and did nothing. APC just started its rule.

This issue never gets a hearing because d majority in this country don't want it. And yes northerners are still d majority. Everything concerning d constitution & its changes starts and ends in d houses of assembly. Counting d majority of yeas on this topic will be a tribal issue, not a party issue. DT is when ull know all d PDP & APC northerners are in agreement.

The only way fiscal federalism will be brought up as an issue, is if more people like ambode & ekweremadu (who have mentioned it recently) keep mentioning it and convincing d others (northern majority) abt its importance. You don't win arguments with fight, u convince people.

bros relax we were not fighting..

STFUand4kMeHARD:
Northerners with yoruba-like monickers will rise to create confusion by attacking ambode or the message. Lets all be aware of their antics at dividing the south just to have the upper hand of lording it over the rest of us. Just tell me why any sane nigerian wil go against true federalism, aside the the direct benefactors of this deviously lopsided system.

Northerners mimick every region here to create enemity. Example of such is IRUNOOBO and some other biafran monickers that specialize in initiating tribal online wars between yoruba and igbos, only to now sit back and watch the south gnaw at each other wild they perfect their domination strategy.
*spits on the naive and clueless south*

you really think northerners have that much time? You really think northerners are that petty? I put it to you, sir, you know nothing about the north. Trust me.

mrvitalis:

Only a knowledgeable person will know true federalism is not in the confab report

says who? just shows you are not knowledgeable about the contents of the conference report