President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, DIAL 811: A DEFT OR DAFT Call?
On this 29 th day of May 2023, I welcome our new President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, to the reality that without a courageous remodel of Nigeria’s governance structure, renewed hope may be a renamed hype. The recent constitutional devolution of rail and power matters to the subnational governments notwithstanding, the road to attainment of federalism by an acclaimed Federating entity called Nigeria is still far ahead. Going by Asiwaju’s experience in public governance at the subnational level, he is not likely to disprove this reminder to DIAL 811 - an acronym I coined to signify that Decentralization Is A Lifeline for 811 federating units of Nigeria . Without moves to earnestly devolve appropriate legal, geographical. administrative, political and economic paraphernalia to the 36 States, Federal Capital Territory and 774 Local Government Areas (811 Federating units), this new democratic cycle ma