Former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and former Chief of Army Staff, General Alani Akinrinade (rtd), Wednesday, warned that the continuous shying away from the practice of true federalism portends doom for the country.
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They said this at the commemoration of the 70th birthday celebration of Prof. Ropo Sekoni, the presentation of the book: 'Federalism and the Yoruba Character and launching of Yoruba Insight and Innovation Initiatives,' at the Muscon Centre, in Lagos.Tinubu disclosed that the unification Decree 34 of 1966, which makes Nigeria a unitary state, still exists after 47 years, noting that only true federalism will bring about democracy.
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Represented by former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake, Tinubu stated that the country has only had various shades of unitary forms of government with different specifications and it is now operating a civilian 'regime' instead of a real democracy.
Doom shouln't be predicted by anyone when Nigeria is concerned. It is just not the right thing to do. No one wants to be here when that happens....