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Home | Nigeria is Not Working, Restructure Now – Governor Fayemi

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Nigeria is Not Working, Restructure Now – Governor Fayemi

Tare Magbei
Tare Magbei
Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti state
Kayode Fayemi, Governor of Ekiti State
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The governor of Ekiti State and chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum(NJF), Kayode Fayemi has added his voice to the list of prominent Nigerians calling for the restructuring of the country.

According to Fayemi, the time has come for Nigerians to confront the reality of restructuring the country.

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He declared that it was time to figure out a structure that is more responsive to the yearnings of the population, cautioning that the Nigerian federation is currently not working.

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Governor Fayemi made the remarks on Saturday during an interactive session with a selected group of Journalists in Lagos.

The former minister of solid minerals maintained that the current challenges facing the country have shown a clear justification for more devolution of not just functions but resources of the country.

He said: “I think we are getting to a point where we must confront our reality as a federation. We cannot continue to run the economy the way we are doing.

“We have to figure out a structure that is more responsive to the yearnings of the population and this current structure obviously privileges those who are more associated with a unitary federal structure rather than a genuine federal structure that is accountable more to the people and responsive to the challenges that the people have.

“What that structure should be, of course, has been a subject of debate from all sides of Nigeria but clearly the state structure we have now is problematic.

“What is a federal road? The people plying the road in my state do not know the difference between a federal and state road. All they would say is that Mr governor, you are not doing your job.”

“There is entrenched interest to keep Nigeria the way she is; no doubt but there are also entrenched interests of those determined that this country must change and must change for the better.”

Fayemi expressed hope that Nigerians would be able to push the argument further to a point where the resources and the powers that reside in Abuja can be devolved effectively including the revenue to support the responsibilities.

“I am a known advocate of fiscal federalism and I am saying that even those who were reluctant before are being confronted daily with these challenges and they are asking themselves how long can we continue to do this? Am I elected just to pay salaries?

“It is not just about revenue but creating the enabling environment that would allow investments to thrive in our various states.” He said he did not see the conflict between the pursuit of fiscal federalism and expanding the devolution project whether one calls it restructuring or constitutional reforms.

“The national Assembly should put together the various constitutional reforms to be consolidated with the report from the APC governors and subject it to a national referendum. I don’t think it is a rocket science but maybe there isn’t that political will in the National Assembly.

“They cannot say it is Buhari or APC governors that have stopped them from doing this because we have done our bit.”

He decried the current level of insecurity in the country, saying that for effective policing, there should be a localization of the institution.

“If you look at the Nigerian state today, challenges are coming from everywhere. Take for instance security; a couple of days ago, I was in Maiduguri and two kilometers after Maiduguri, you cannot go without escort. The governor told us this”, he said.
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