The All Progressives Congress, (APC) Committee on True Federalism inaugurated last August by the Chief Odigie Oyegun led the national working committee on Thursday submitted its report with far-reaching recommendations. The Kaduna state governor premised his Committee recommendations on views of Nigerians who sent memoranda and spoke with his team across the country. There was an overwhelming popular demand that there should be devolution of power to the states and the committee recommended same. It is pertinent to note that only 36% of Nigerians wants more states created while the majority of Nigerians don’t want more states. “So, the first recommendation for which we have proposed a draft bill for a constitutional amendment is the merger of states.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 25, 2018 21:20 UTC