Restructuring: A Catholicon for the Stability of Nigerian Federalism

Deinibiteim M.H., M. T.
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Nigeria has, over the last three decades, observed threats to its corporate existence as a federation due to the dissatisfaction of the various ethnic nationalities. This dissatisfaction has necessitated the growth of ethnic and micro-nationalistic groups requesting that the country be restructured. Hence the clamour for “restructuring” is high more than ever in the country, with the different ethnic groups advocating for one form of restructuring of the other; while others are threatening to secede from the union. Successive governments have made efforts to pacify the different ethnic nationalities to keep fate with the Nigerian federation with little success, as the agitations for restructuring and threats to disintegrate remain all times high. Consequently, there is strong political rivalry, among the different ethnic groups, which has substantially created political instability in the nation. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to demonstrate that genuine and sincere restructuring of the Nigerian State will to a large extent dowse the threats to Nigerian federalism. The study adopted the Cooperative Federalism strand of the Modern Approach of Federalism, which is anchored on cooperation and interdependence among component units of governments, to explain the necessity for restructuring the Nigerian State. The study used mainly secondary data related to federalism, restructuring and political stability. The study revealed that there has not been a sincere effort at restructuring the Nigerian State since the collapse of the First Republic through a coup d’état, which to a large extent made the country operate as a unitary state and this has fueled ethnic rivalry as well as underdevelopment in the country. The paper concluded that for Nigerian federalism to be substantially free from stress and strains there must be a concerted effort at sincerely restructuring the polity. The study recommended among other things, that government should expedite action to restructure the Nigerian State, engage the dissatisfied and agitating groups clamouring for self-determination, grant greater autonomy to the sub-units, and allow the states to explore and exploit mineral resources in their domain for maximum productivity and development.
重组:尼日利亚联邦制度稳定的灵丹妙药
在过去三十年中,由于各民族的不满,尼日利亚作为一个联邦的公司存在受到威胁。这种不满使要求改组国家的种族和微观民族主义团体的增长成为必要。因此,国内要求“重组”的呼声比以往任何时候都高,不同的族裔群体主张以一种形式重组另一种形式;而其他人则威胁要脱离联邦。历届政府都努力安抚不同的少数民族,以维持尼日利亚联邦的命运,但收效甚微,因为要求重组的骚动和解体的威胁始终很高。因此,不同种族群体之间存在着强烈的政治竞争,这在很大程度上造成了该国的政治不稳定。因此,本文的主要目的是要表明,尼日利亚国家的真正和真诚的改组将在很大程度上减轻对尼日利亚联邦制的威胁。该研究采用了以政府各组成单位之间的合作和相互依存为基础的现代联邦制方法的合作联邦制部分来解释尼日利亚国家结构改革的必要性。这项研究主要使用了与联邦制、结构调整和政治稳定有关的二手数据。这项研究表明,自从第一共和国通过一场政变垮台以来,尼日利亚国家一直没有进行真诚的改组努力,这在很大程度上使该国作为一个统一国家运作,这助长了种族竞争和该国的不发达。该文件的结论是,要使尼日利亚的联邦制基本上免于压力和紧张,就必须在真诚地改组政体方面作出协调一致的努力。该研究建议,除其他事项外,政府应加快重组尼日利亚国家的行动,与那些要求自决的不满和煽动团体接触,给予子单位更大的自治权,并允许各州在其领域内勘探和开采矿产资源,以实现最大的生产力和发展。
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