In recent months, strident calls for the devolution of powers and ‘restructuring’ of the Nigerian State have gained traction, heightened in the midst of numerous socio-political, economic and security challenges besetting the nation.
The calls are further buoyed by spiralling secessionist agitations by regional groups who have latched onto citizens’ disenchantment with the political class, economic downturn, rising insecurity, crimes and violence wracking swathes of the country.
PREMIUM TIMES recently reported how intelligence failure has largely…
