Nigeria built on fraudulent federalism– Amosun

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Thursday said Nigeria was built on‎ fraudulent federalism and needed to be restructured for the citizens to experience real development.Amosun declared that the nation’s revenue allocation formula was disproportionate, saying what goes to the centre compared to what comes to the state should be reviewed.He spoke at a commemorative lecture for 2016 Democracy Day organised by the state council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ)‎ at the Iwe Irohin Press Centre, Abeokuta‎.AdvertisementDelivering the lecture entitled, “Democracy in Nigeria, the gains, the pains: Ogun example,” the governor urged Nigerians to continue to refine the current democratic experiment.He also called for the implementation of the recommendations of the National Conference held during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan.Amosun was represented on the occasion by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Taiwo Adeoluwa, who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Otunba Dayo Adeneye.

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