“In reform, economics is politics, and the idea that the two can be kept separate is untenable.” Nigeria
Thus, although there had been a plethora of economic reforms, they were never sustained, almost always for political reasons. It’s on record that there were major economic reforms under the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo as narrated by Dr. Okonjo Iweala in her book, ‘Reforming the Unreformable, Lessons from Nigeria’. But there were reversals of policies by succeeding administrations. Quite rightly, Dr.
Thus, a new governance architecture anchored on true federalism, to wit, centrifugal federalism, is an imperative for Nigeria to begin the process of nation building and development. There is need for political education of the youth particularly at the tertiary education level on the necessity for political reform in the system of governance as panacea to the deluge of socio-economic problems bedeviling the country.
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