A Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has reminded Nigerians once again of the imperative of restructuring the country into a true federation to guarantee its long-term survival as a viable union.
His call followed the contentious 2023 general elections that, as usual, shook the fragile amalgam, reopened the fault lines along nationality, region, and faith, and accentuated long-standing divisions. As the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , winds down, all stakeholders should double down and adopt restructuring as the preeminent national agenda going forward.
With the unemployment rate projected to increase to 40.6 per cent in 2023 from 33.3 per cent in 2022, and inflation trending at 22.04 per cent amid a ballooning population, 133 million of whom are battling with multi-dimensional poverty; the imperative of restructuring the country is never more urgent than now.
The inherent distortions in the constitution had spawned imbalances that create excessive bureaucracy, and fuel corruption; worse is that they accentuate divisions and ultimately foster disharmony. These deficiencies have stymied development, encouraged wastefulness, and continued to reward mediocrity across all levels of governance. This in turn multiplied poverty and pushed the country to the lowest rungs of the ladder in human development indices.
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