National DevelopmentNational SecurityNigeriaWhy Central Power Should Be Delegated – Dickson

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The devolution of power to sub-national governments and a review of the constitution are measures that can address Nigeria’s growing insecurity as proposed by Bayelsa senator, Seriake Dickson.

According to Dickson, some cases of imbalance and distortion in the country exist only as a result of a constitutional crisis.

The Bayelsa west senator who featured in Africa Independent Television (AIT) on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari is holding powers that should be decentralized.

“Now, we need presidential leadership to talk about the issues of constitutional reform, which is at the foundation of a lot of distortions that we now see,  because you have a system in the 1979 presidential constitution, where too much powers were given to the center to the detriment of the so-called federating units and the local government areas.

“The president of Nigeria has enormous powers. He cannot pull back and be in a shell, and not show leadership. He has to come out to use his powers to rally the nation together to inspire the country,” he said.

Dickson applauded the effort of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to restructure the country, noting that although the move is only a fraction of the unit, intensive work is been carried out.

“The president’s party has done a very exhaustive job in the area of restructuring — at least one component of it, a critical component of it, devolution of powers. The APC rightly set up a committee chaired by the governor of Kaduna state, with senator Adetunmbi as secretary and other members, and they did a very exhaustive work.”

He also mentioned that, should the proposal for the delegation of power by the APC be approved, state governors will be able to tackle insecurity in their respective states adequately.

“If they devolve as proposed, you won’t have a situation where governors will be crying every day with hands-on their heads like widows, because they are helpless in the areas of protecting the citizens of their states.”

Dickson stated that the ruling party has drafted legislations that can bring about the delegation and is also campaigning for the restructuring of the country.

Beloved John (Staff Writer)

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