Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has warned that if immediate action is not taken to improve the current situation, Nigeria may cease to exist within the next two years.
Adams made this statement, over the weekend, at the Okota Festival in his hometown of Arigidi-Akoko, Ondo State’s Akoko North-West council.
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He said;
Amidst the present insecurity situation, economic crisis and downgraded institution, governance in the country has shown lack of coordination and Nigeria’s paths towards a unitary system will only cause the country’s problems to get continually worse.
With the insecurity issues in the country, there is nothing that can be done if we do not have federalism. If we do not allow federalism based on regionalism, I’m afraid that, within two years, this country will break.
You can see how the wave is coming. It is not only insecurity, but also the economy, depreciating institutions and lack of coercion in governance. There is danger ahead, if the Federal Government does not act fast to restructure Nigeria to regionalism.
Importance Of Regionalism
Gani Adams further detailed the importance of regionalism, amidst the clamour for restructuring as the panacea to the country’s challenges.
He explained;
Regionalism will give the content of regional police, state police and local government police.
If you do not work on the structure, there is no way you can stop insecurity.
That is what is being done in the United States of America and many countries that have provinces and regions.
Why are we dodging from reality and trying to push a country of about 250 million people into a unitary system? It cannot work. A country that has about 450 ethnic nationalities, it cannot work and that’s one of our problems.
