Agitation for a return to regions seems to have a somewhat tribal assumption, the assumption that once a people of shared identities have constituted themselves into one region they would be able to confront the larger society as a united front. The history of regionalism in Nigeria, especially that of the defunct Western Region predominated…
SOUTH WEST โ various leaders, politicians, traditional rulers and various interest groups yesterday demanded for an immediate restructuring of Nigeria towards regionalism as contained in the 1960 and 1963 constitutions. They also rejected the 1999 Constitution tagged, โunitaryโ and blamed it for the socio-economic and political crises bedeviling the country. However, they demanded for a…