Adegboyega Oyetola
Let’s borrow from the brilliance of the composers of the song: USA for Africa: ‘We are the World’ as I would like to enjoin some prominent but noisy governors to borrow some brilliance from the artful but quiet Governor of Osun State who is significantly contributing to the ‘Making of Fiscal Federalism’ through a rod is in his hand at the moment.
There comes a time when we as a nation need to heed a certain call when the nation must come together as one. There are people dying through the foolish pride of some unknown gunmen who daily shoot down restructuring because they don’t want federalism, which they know the nation needs to develop its more than 200 million people. Oh, and it’s time to lend a hand to the unwise ones at the centre and its federating units, the needed oxygen. We can’t go on pretending day-by-day that someone, somewhere will soon make a change. We’re all a part of God’s great big family in this convoluted federation that…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
