Nigeria will collapse without true federalism – Gani Adams

Nigeria will collapse without true federalism – Gani Adams

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has said that Nigeria risked collapsing if the leaders fail to ensure true federalism.

Adams said the government has shown lack of coordination in the midst of insecurity situation, economic crisis and downgraded institutions

The leader of the Odua People’s Congress (OPC) spoke at the weekend at Arigidi, Akoko North-West Local Government Area during this year’s edition of Okota festival.

Adams warned that continued use of the unitary system would only worsen the country’s problems.

According to him: “With the insecurity issues in Nigeria, there is nothing that can be done if we do not have federalism. If we do not allow federalism on the basis of regionalism, I’m afraid within two years, this country will break.

“You can see how the wave is coming. Not only wave of insecurity, even the economy, depreciating of institution, lack of coercion in governance. Definitely, there is danger ahead if the Nigerian government did not act fast to restructure, Nigeria to regionalism.

“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. Structure will give you a way, will give you a leverage that you can have effective security. That is what is being done in United States of America and many countries that have provinces, region.

“The United States is running statism. Every state has state police and county police, and they have FBI which is the federal police. And we borrowed this federalism from the United States in 1979.

“Why are we dodging from reality and we are try to push a country of about 250 million people into unitary system, it cannot work. A country that has about 450 ethnic nationalities, it cannot work and that’s one of our problems.”