Tag: Regional government

Tinubu to receive Bill on regional government next week

Aminu Imam
Tinubu 2 receive Bill

A Bill proposing a shift to a regional governance structure in Nigeria is set for submission to President Bola Tinubu next week. This development follows the House of Representatives’ denial of the draft Bill, which recently circulated online in the past week. The Bill, titled: ‘A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria’, aims to introduce laws to be known as “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria New Governance Model for Nigeria…

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North-Central APC canvasses for Regional Govt.

Aminu Imam
North Central APC

The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has called for the adoption of the regional system of government in Nigeria, following what it terms the marginalisation of the region amid quality human resources and natural resources endorsement. Speaking to newsmen yesterday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on: ‘Issues of urgent national importance’, the Forum’s Chairman, Saleh Mandung Zazzaga, said the governance framework where every region could take care of their needs using their natural and human resources to develop their region is obviously the only option since the region…

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“I’m not working for Tinubu…” – Regional Govt. promoter speaks out

Aminu Imam
Regional Govt. promoter

Drafter and promoter of a private Bill on ‘doctrine of necessity’ to introduce regional government in Nigeria, Dr. Akin Fapohunda, has debunked insinuations over working for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Dr. Fapohunda made this stance known in an exclusive discourse on a Liberty TV public affairs programme, ‘Democracy In Practice’, where he further proposed that Nigeria must replace the current system before the next election in 2027. He also urged that INEC be dissolved and in its place the regions should conduct the next elections based on a new  Regional…

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