₦airaland Forum

We have the
North west
North east
North central
Southwest
South east
South south

I'm from Edo state,we can pay salaries we don't wait and depend on federal government or oil money,infact we are one of the states produce oil..

We are not afraid of restructuring in fact we want it.

Is you region on state afraid?

What region is Afraid to leave Nigeria after they were told to do so?

Obinna, you're not from Edo State. Don't bring SS into this nonsense.

Donmedrac:
We have the
North west
North east
North central
Southwest
South east
South south

I'm from Edo state,we can pay salaries we don't wait and depend on federal government or oil money,infact we are one of the states produce oil..

We are not afraid of restructuring in fact we want it.

Is you region on state afraid?

madridguy:
Obinna, you're not from Edo State. Don't bring SS into this nonsense.

no I'm from Kano smh

If you like claim Timbukutu all I know you're not from Edo State.

Donmedrac:
no I'm from Kano smh

madridguy:
If you like claim Timbukutu all I know you're not from Edo State.

don't care what you think bro.

Donmedrac:
We have the
North west
North east
North central
Southwest
South east
South south

I'm from Edo state,we can pay salaries we don't wait and depend on federal government or oil money,infact we are one of the states produce oil..

We are not afraid of restructuring in fact we want it.

Is you region on state afraid?

The entire North does not want restructuring especially the core North which is NW and NE

gidgiddy:
The entire North does not want restructuring especially the core North which is NW and NE

why though?

gidgiddy:
The entire North does not want restructuring especially the core North which is NW and NE

What is restructuring?

Only SW are afraid of restructuring

Donmedrac:
why though?

Because the current system favours them. People don't seem to understand that restructuring only favours the South, it does not favourp the North.

citizenY:
What is restructuring?

A return to the 1963 constitution where regions were in control of the resources and paid an agreed amount to the federal government. Not the current system where the federal government is in control of all resources and pays the regions or states an amount

Place your bet lol

It's only northern political class. Not all northerners
Restructuring will favour ordinary northerners the most because of their strength and number.
If Nigeria is restructured today, core northern states will turn into China in less than 10 years. This is the knowledge that their elite will never allow them have .
The only people benefiting from federal allocation in the north is only their elite.

IamAtikulate:
Only SW are afraid of restructuring

I think the only people not afraid of restructuring are those states with nothing to restructure. If oil states get to keep the revenue generated in their states, those states would create zillionaires rich enough to own Nigeria, which wouldn't be so bad but for the sheer fact that it would be the thieves amongst them who would be the richest rubbing everyone else's face in poverty. The structure to limit corruption needs to be in place before wealthy states get to keep the revenue they generate , and even then, it may not happen. Just read up about Scotland's clamour for independence. All the oil wells are off their coast so UK can't let them go off alone.

Worth noting also is Texas declaration of Independence which they've continued clamouring for since March 2, 1836. Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas. Texas was eventually annexed by US state on December 29, 1845 in return of $10,000,000 in Federal bonds for which they dropped claims to territory which included parts of present-day Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Wyoming. There are Texans who still dream of independence.

And consider the Catalan independence movement which seeks independence of Catalonia from Spain. The political movement began in 1922 when Francesc Macià founded the political party Estat Català (Catalan State). They too are still at it.

As well as the Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army (IRA, the army of the Irish Republic) and the British security forces in Ireland. In April 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising against British rule and proclaimed an Irish Republic. Although it was crushed after a week of fighting, the rising and the British response led to greater popular support for Irish independence. The Irish Free State was created as a self-governing dominion on 6 December 1922 with Northern Ireland remaining within the United Kingdom. There is ongoing clamour to for one Ireland.

And for humours sake, Brexit, the United Kingdom's yet to happen independence from Europe which everyday sounds more like the British would have to move their country lock stock barrel and people to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean if any space can be found for them there.

Nigeria is way too integrated for the sort of splits above, in my opinion, so I guess a greater share of internally generated revenue is all that could be hoped for for now. And perhaps when we all grow up a little bit more, we could make five countries out of Nigeria, in say, the year, 3060. Though, the Partition of India and numerous other countries that have split recently should be borne in mind.