The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon, Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, has described devolution of powers a major way to bring about rapid development and growth in the country.
He made this known at the weekend, in his opening address at the ongoing consultative meeting on the Review and Harmonisation of the Standing Orders and Rules of Business of the State Houses of Assembly in the South West Region held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
According to him, “while the oneness of Nigeria is non-negotiable, one thing we will need to speedily work on is the issue of devolution of power vis-à-vis fiscal federalism.
‘’Nigeria is made up of diverse ethnic groups which have similar goal of moving Nigeria to the next level but at times have different ideas on how to achieve it. No doubt, centralisation of power at the Federal level as it exists currently in Nigeria is not the most ideal approach to accomplish genuinely necessary rapid development. Devolution of power from federal…
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