₦airaland Forum

Osaze007:
I’m sure you want only state to continue because your from an oil producing state and you want the funds to be enjoyed by your state lol

But some local government with this oil resource can also agitate to have an independent local government due to greed, where we will stop.

The only reason, I want Nigeria restructure is to unlocked the potential of some lazy Nigeria states

Osaze007:
I’m sure you want only state to continue because your from an oil producing state and you want the funds to be enjoyed by your state lol

That’s really not the motivation for this. The main motivation is seeing how some states are very investment unfriendly and do very little to raise money internally or attract investments, simply because they receive oil money and don’t have to work hard for their money

myobjective:
But some local government with this oil resource can also agitate to have an independent local government due to greed, where we will stop.

The only reason, I want Nigeria restructure is to unlocked the potential of some lazy Nigeria states

My point exactly

socialmediaman:
Is it really fair that oil is drilled in a state, revenue is given to the Federal government to be distributed to other states according to population?

Why can’t every state who makes laws for themselves (sometimes unfriendly to revenue generation), hustle for revenue own their own?

Some states in Nigeria have tourism potentials, some have agricultural potentials, some have investment friendly environment to potentially generate revenue, while some have natural resources, but all are abandoned in order to share in the revenue generated from oil drilled from a few states

Isn’t it time Nigerians start discussing these seemingly ‘unfair’ economic structures and policies?

I think regionalism will be the best bet. Making states control their resources like you opined will be devastating because most states will collapse suddenly and the aftermath of the problem will not be easy to contain.

With regions, it will still be a lot easier coz there is no region without a viable state if you’ll divide them into Hausa/Fulani, Yorubas, Igbos, Middle belt, and South South people. This imply that they can still share resources within a region among themselves until each region can be able to stand on their own.

LegendHer0:
I think regionalism will be the best bet. Making states control their resources like you opined will be devastating because most states will collapse suddenly and the aftermath of the problem will not be easy to contain.

With regions, it will still be a lot easier coz there is no region without a viable state if you’ll divide them into Hausa/Fulani, Yorubas, Igbos, Middle belt, and South-South people. This imply that they can still share resources within a region among themselves until each region can be able to stand on their own.

This is the best arrangement.

LegendHer0:
I think regionalism will be the best bet. Making states control their resources like you opined will be devastating because most states will collapse suddenly and the aftermath of the problem will not be easy to contain.

With regions, it will still be a lot easier coz there is no region without a viable state if you’ll divide them into Hausa/Fulani, Yorubas, Igbos, Middle belt, and South South people. This imply that they can still share resources within a region among themselves until each region can be able to stand on their own.

Good point. I agree with you

socialmediaman:
Good point. I agree with you

Yes. The reason I also said that is because within each state of a particular region, there are different strength and weaknesses of each states and collectively resources can be pooled together.

For example, I am Yoruba:
Ondo- We have some crude oil here and land for cocoa
Oyo - We have vast land which will be utilized for farming and building industries
Lagos- We have the wealth concentrated here with the seaports for export
Osun - We have gold here and we also have land for farming
Ogun - We have the industrial estates. There is tiny oil here also with its international border to aid trade
Ekiti - We have the wealth of professors and also land for farming
Some of Kwara & Kogi - They can also contribute their quota

If we can pull all this together for the Yorubas, the advantage will be more as a region than being individual states. This same analogy van be applied for other tribes and region also.

LegendHer0:
Yes. The reason I also said that is because within each state of a particular region, there are different strength and weaknesses of each states and collectively resources can be pooled together.

For example, I am Yoruba:
Ondo- We have some crude oil here and land for cocoa
Oyo - We have vast land which will be utilized for farming and building industries
Lagos- We have the wealth concentrated here with the seaports for export
Osun - We have gold here and we also have land for farming
Ogun - We have the industrial estates. There is tiny oil here also with its international border to aid trade
Ekiti - We have the wealth of professors and also land for farming

If we can pull all this together for the Yorubas, the advantage will be more as a region than being individual states. This same analogy van be applied for other tribes and region also.

Good points there. Also, geographically it will benefit regions better because border states will serve as export import zones for the regions. These are core issues and reforms we should start pushing for.

Corruption still is a big problem in Nigeria and that’s another red hot topic of discussion

myobjective:
But some local government with this oil resource can also agitate to have an independent local government due to greed, where we will stop.

The only reason, I want Nigeria restructure is to unlocked the potential of some lazy Nigeria states

All fingers are not equal
Regionalism is the best let each region decide how they want to sort their power

We copied our presidential system from US, less copy it on general, not partially. Same fiscal system is practice in US and Canada and its working so let's reapply, we shouldn't invent the wheel!

socialmediaman:
Good point. Can you explain a little more about how you envision the financial spending and taxes to work between the federal state and local under this arrangement?