What is the meaning of GIANT of AFRICA if not to set standards worthy of emulating? What is the meaning of EDUCATION if not to enhance development? No multi ethnics federation can get it right without federalism in place. Prof. Jubril Amimu was wrong when he stated that: this is the only country where people sit down to divide the country in respond to federalist Bar.Bisi Adegbuyi who advocated for Regional Autonomy. To the northerners each region developing at its own pace equal breaking away but i refused to agree. Switzerland is a mult-ethnics federation of French-speaking people known as Romands minority, dominant German ethnic group,Romansch people, and Italian-speaking group yet Switzerland has federal structure with dynamic Regional Autonomy and is one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The constitution is so flexible that it defines Switzerland as alliance of its member units. Can we have that in Nigeria? Even if Yoruba is willing gambari will never! Jubril Aminu is a case study he kicked against restructuring in the CONFAB and u can even ask Lamido of Adamawa if he wants federalism. Swiss citizens have commune of origin rather than the place of birth, stamped in their passport, and a foreigner seeking Swiss naturalization must first be accepted by a commune. Swiss political system is 20 autonomous cantons and six half-cantons. The Swiss take their canton very seriously indeed when people refer to the Republic they mean Geneva, not Switzarland. The latter is reffererd to as Bern the capital in sush the s ame disdainful way that Canadians talk of Ottawa And it is the cantons that have the clout. You all against the removal of Nyako yet you refused to lent your supportfor to Regional Authonomy that strengthens regions i tell you more Nyakos will go in a more questionable way. Nothing can be more criminal than having states in Nigeria running to Abuja for allocation. The eminent Swiss historian, Albert Luthy, has argued that while some countries undertook an ambitious program of centralization to make itself more powerful, the secret of Switzerlands survival is that it never became ambitious: the cantons would not tolerate it. But in my country the fraudulence document called 1999 constitution arrogated 52 per cent legislative power to the EXCLUSIVE LIST, 48 percent is divided between CONCURRENT LIST which both FG and states have power over and RESIDUAL LIST that states legislate upon but when the law of the state conflict with that of the federal the criminal constitution says FG have it way which litrarilly means all the power in Nig belongs to Almighty Aso-Rock even states in America will never tolerate it. In Switzerland education is a cantonal matter, its has three official languages and fourth national one, but is the cantons that set the linguistic rules. Nigerian federalism is a mirage, worst than boko-haram insurgency it affects every living and unborn children expect few Lamidos who are ready to go to war than having Nigeria on federalism train. We must collectively rise up against unitary federalism. Fredrick Douglass opines that the limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress
Posted on: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:17:30 +0000