₦airaland Forum

dayo2me:
What restructuring is?
Restructuring as far as the Nigerian federation is concern is to realign the federating component and redefine how power is shared between the center and the federating units.
The restructuring that Nigeria needs is to devolve powers and responsibilities from the center to the federating units.

What do we stand to achieve as a country if it is being restructured?
The current system where you earn more (get more allocation) by breeding more unproductive people (more population) is retrogressive.
Restructuring will enable each component to earn more by being more productive while still enjoying support from the central government.
The component will control their resources while still paying tax and some other form of development fund that will be access by the less earning components for a specific period of time.

Will it strengthen the tie that bind us together as a country?
Yes, because, though each component will develop in its area of advantage, it will still depend on the other for other things
Also, once State of Origin is abolished and state of residence adopted, an Igbo man being a commissioner in Ogun State will not want to separate from his root though his allegiance is Ogun.
Also, the strength and pride of Nigeria in terms of defence is better in a unity Nigeria than some fragmented countries.


Why do some regions reject it and others see it right way at the right direction?
The regions that rejects it are afraid of being fund-starved as they wholly depends on federal allocation. Years of getting rich by just allocating figures has created lazy elites who had already sacrifice productivity and meritocracy for nepotism.
TO allay the fears, I would suggest the setting up of developmental funds for the economically disadvantaged states for a specific term as well as merging others for development of their resources.


I will care if you can do justice to these questions above.

Danielmoore:
Restructuring means different things to different regions.

dayo2me:
Wow! ITbomb thank you.

Basically, restructuring is to render the central authority powerless by giving each component the needed autonomy or power to generate funds and use that fund to develop itself(component)?

ITbomb:
No, not powerless
In US, the states generate funds and develop themselves yet the center is still powerful

dayo2me:
ITbomb is restructuring the same as true federalism?