Emeka Anyaoku calls for confederation in Nigeria

Emeka Anyaoku calls for confederation in Nigeria

Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a former Commonwealth Secretary-General expressed disapproval over the lopsided federal structure and situation in which many of the states are hovering on the brink of bankruptcy.

Anyaoku said: “Instead of the structure of 36 unhealthy states the country currently has, the National Assembly should convert the six geo-political zones to federating unit while the 36 states remain administrative units.”

Anyoku made his views known during the inaugural conference of the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy (ISGPP)

Odimegwu Ojukwucalled for confederation as far back as 1967 at Aburi, however Nigerian authorities headed by Yakubu Gowon rejected it and chose rather to massacre millions of Biafrans.