Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stressed that the only way states can be financially viable is for them to think and plan like countries as he observed that states and countries have similar problems.
Speaking at the Leadership Newspapers Awards in Abuja on Thursday, he said they did not have to wait for the much touted restructuring to be in place before they can take their destinies into their own hands.
The Vice President drew inference from the foresight and dexterity of late Premier of Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, in managing resources which he said led to his successful financing of free education and the implementation of major projects.
He said: “So how were Awo’s phenomenal achievements possible? There was no oil revenue, no Federal revenue. In fact, the Western Region government gave revenue to the federal government.
How did they achieve financial viability?…
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