(1) The 1960 Independence Constitution which was later renamed 1963 Republican Constitution was or contained the original and realistic principles of federal system of government as obtained in countries that practice federal system of the.
(2) The military Regime of Gen
Aguiyi Ironsi out of crass ignorance of the political crises in the First
Republic, suspended the Republican Constitution and ruled with Decree which was
expected to be abolished when the civilian government would be restored because
military rule was expected to be a short-term measure.
(3) Amendments to the original
Federal Constitution ought to be effected by a balanced membership of the
National Legislature. Military regime cannot amend a Federal Constitution
rather it has to govern with Decrees and leave power after restoration of
sanity among the political class.
(4) In 1976, the military
jackboots teleguided by the supposed"Northern Political Emirate
Establishment" constituted the so-called"Dasuki Local Government
Council Unification Reform". Curiously, the Southerners were not in the
picture or their opinion sought which of course they would have outrightly
rejected the proposal because amendments to a Federal Constitution is the
constitutional responsibility of a balanced membership of the country's
Legislature.
(5) The Northern Oligarchy had
a deft plan to shortchange the Southern part of the country in the distribution
of the Commonwealth (proceeds from the sale of crude oil and gas which was the
only source of National Revenue for sharing. They want a humongous share of the
national revenue to be funnelled to the northern part of the country at the
expense and detriment of the southern part of the country.
(6) The so-called Dasuki Local
Government Reform recommended THREE TIERS OF GOVERNMENT: with Local Government
Council as the THIRD TIER contrary to any known practice in countries that
practice federal system of government became local administration is the sole
responsibility of the State Governments (or called Regional Governments as was
in Nigeria in the First Republic).
(7) Following the creation of
three tiers of government, the same military teleguided by the northern
hegemony, created surplus local government councils in the Northern part of the
country without doing same in the Southern part of the country. The Southerners
became tongue-tied marrionete because confronting the military autocrats was
perceived as suicidal. For instance Lagos and Kano states had 20 local
government councils each but with the surplus local government councils in the
north, Kano had additional 20 local government councils making it 40 while
Lagos state remained 20 local government councils. The Federal-Unitary
contraption referred to as the 1999 constitution made it a virtual
impossibility for the southern States to create additional local government
councils to balance with the north. It made the Senate to block any application
from the state governments to create local government councils. Lagos, Anambra
and Ebonyi states attempted to create additional local government councils but
president Olusegun Obasanjo made sure they were thrown out by the Senate.
Tinubu persisted and named his newly created local government councils as
"Development Centers" and distributed the monthly statutory
allocation of the local government councils to them.
(8) Monthly Statutory Revenue
Sharing Formula was made with the newly created THIRD TIER OF GOVERNMENT, Local
Government Council having a given percentage hence the Northern part of the
country began to have humongous amount of the monthly Statutory allocation at
the expense and detriment of the Southern part of the country.
(9) In furtherance to the deft
strategy of the northern log to shortchange the Southern part of the country,
local government councils were used to create "Federal
Constituencies" whereby the North would have majority members in the House
of Representatives ostensibly to be having their way in all Bills, Motions and
Resolutions again at the expense and detriment of the southern part of the
country. During the so-called Amendments to the fundamentally and fraudulent
Military Decreed Constitution, the Committee on amendments of course dominated
by the north, rejected State Police because the Fulani Feudal Oligarchy don't
want it because it would truncate their dream Islamization agenda using the
terrorists masquerading as herdsmen from the Sahel region of West Africa to be
the foot soldiers of Islamization agenda killing people and forming kidnapping
syndicate and extorting millions of Naira from the relatives of the victims
while the supposed Nigerian police pretend that they are helpless watching the
body language of Aso Villa landlord.
(10) The supreme court
judgement on the so-called local government councils autonomy was stage-managed
ostensibly to give Filip to the Centralized governance template even as anybody
expecting president Tinubu to kickstart restructuring the lopsided Federation
is indulging in an illusion. The gimmickry in the National Assembly for the
creation of State Police is merely to distract the Southerners as ministry of
livestock development has been established to use public funds to further the
frontiers of Fulani herdsmen's rapine while the issue of Ranching is a ruse.
(11) Southerners should insist
lawfully to have the lopsided Federation Restructured to restore local
administration back to the state governments and the country restored to two
tiers of government in tandem with the inexorable principles of federal system
of government as obtained in the First Republic and other countries that
practice federal system of government.
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