By Daniel Tyokua
Member representing AMAC/ Bwari in the National Assembly, Chinedu Obika has pleaded with Bola Tinubu to return Nigeria to regional system of government for improved development.
He made the call when a delegation of the African Child’s Right Marshals visited him Abuja.
Obika said the careless attitude of most political leaders put some sectors and parts of the country in a deteriorating situation, signalling that the centre can no longer manage Nigeria.
The lawmaker explained that operating Regional system of government in the country will promote effective supervision and monitoring of the abundant natural resources that abounds nationwide, rather than leaving everything at the centre without proper checks and balance.
He expressed worry that Nigeria as a country had always focused more on revenues from crude oil, leaving out other vital natural resources for foreigners to explore and export to other countries for a token, or at no cost.
“Nobody is doing his job, everybody is after what they can get. The Local Government Administration is dead, people come to us(National Assembly). If it were when local Government were working, we have the shield that we can focus on legislation.
“Do you know the cure of this country, we must go back to the regional system, so that there will be healthy competition. This is what I expect President Tinubu to do, because he had being a proponent of regional government.
“If we go into regions, the regions should be allowed to manage their resources. Every region will start fighting those exploiting, collecting their resources.
“Who is monitoring that Chinese man that carry raw materials from kano ? but all eyes are on crude oil. Because when it is a central Government, nobody cares. There will be more connivance to steal and loot the treasury of the country.
The lawmaker also advocated vocational education system in tertiary institutions, which he described as ‘training and certification of citizens in skillful handwork’ that could put food on their table after six months, rather than churning out University graduates in a none- lucrative courses year in, year out that the country has no jobs for.
