Famend public affairs commentator and media entrepreneur Atunyota Akpobome, popularly often known as Alibaba, expressed his view that sure Nigerian states can be more practical in the event that they had been designated as native authorities areas.
Naija Information studies that the veteran comic made these feedback throughout his visitor look on Tuesday's version of Channels Tv's Dawn Day by day programme.
The social commentator talked about that the navy shaped sure states to appease particular commanders, who had been later appointed directors.
Alibaba stated: “Some states had been created simply to appease some navy officers. “Oh, this man is a high-ranking navy officer; he’s from this space; we can not give him a state now; let's simply create a state and handle these individuals.
“We wish to create 4 states within the north, let's stability it with some states within the south in order that it seems to be purposeful as a result of among the states that had been created needed to be native governments.
“Thus far, we have now states claiming that in the event that they don't get federal allocations for 3 months, there shall be issues within the state. In the meantime, these identical states have enough pure assets.”
Alibaba stated Nigeria's varied challenges started when the Federal Navy Authorities directed the areas and states to pool all their cash within the nationwide treasury, after which allocate cash to them via the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), as they deemed mandatory.
He additionally criticized the 1999 Structure that Nigeria inherited from the navy administration of former Head of State, Basic Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), through the transition from navy to democratic rule in Could 1999.
