Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the current Sokoto state governor has inadvertently joined the list of those clamoring for restructure of Nigeria. This he did by making a comment that states and local governments should get a higher percentage of the money that accrues as federation account. Presently the federal government gets over 57% of the income and when the leader in the person of the president is not on the right side of history ( to borrow Obama's language) the rest of the nation suffers the consequences. The question to ask is How can you all of a sudden begin to give more money to different states and local governments even if they generate nothing. Are you going to rub Peter to pay paul? Ultimately, asking for a new sharing formula is the same thing as asking for a restructure which is an excellent move considering that all developed countries are practicing fiscal federation..
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