Akwa Ibom former Governor and the co-Chairman of Pan Niger Delta Forum,Obong Attah, has shed light on what will break up Nigeria if it is urgently addressed.
Attah who spoke, on Tuesday, in a live broadcast on a private radio station in Uyo, said unless fiscal federalism is introduced Nigeria runs the risk of imminent disintegration.
This he said remains the only solution to the myriad of problems beseting the country.
According to him, “Fiscal federalism will change some many things that will make the country to grow”, he stressed, adding that under such a fiscal regime, as it were in the days of the regions, states, would contribute 50 percent of their resources to the central government and use 50 percent for development of their territories, as such that the multiplier effects would douse 90 percent of tensions in the country.
Obong Attah who was Akwa Ibom State governor between 1999 and 2017, said Nigeria would have achieved more significant development if true fiscal federalism had been put in place, instead of what is obtained at the moment.
The former Chairman of the Nigeria’s Governors Forum dismissed the arguments that a majority of states in Nigeria was not viable, pointing out that if fiscal federalism was in place, the states would look inward to develop their inherent potentials, instead of allowing sleaze and corruption by governors to slow down the tempo of development in their respective states.
Obong Attah, known for his dogged fight for resource control while in office, however said after retiring from active political activities, he now has “peace of mind and contentment” equally advocated the adopting of two party system in Nigeria.
According to him, political parties in Nigeria should look inward with a view to identifying parties with similar ideologies to merge.
“Two major political parties is good for this country, so that when one is not doing well, the people should have the choice to vote the other”, Attah said and charged the people to defend their votes by always demanding from their Governors how tax payers monies were being appropriated.
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