Niger Delta
True Federalism’ll Silence Ethnic Agitations, Kokori Claims

A former General Secretary of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Comrade Frank Kokori, has joined other eminent and well meaning Nigerians to reiterate that only true federalism will save Nigeria from imminent collapse.
In a chat with newsmen, yesterday, the former labour leader said Nigeria only pretends to be a federation whereas the real federation ended in 1966 when the military came in, warning that unless and until the country returns to the system before the military coup in January, 1966, the number of ethnic agitation for self determination would continue to grow.
He blamed the military for changing Nigeria from its true federal structure to a unitary government, lamenting that even the 1979 and 1999 constitutions which could have solved the problem are not truly federal and have been left so because they are beneficial to the military and the northern oligarchy.
“What we need is true federation as we practised it in the First Republic. We are not running true federalism in Nigeria. Federalism in Nigeria is just by name. What we have is a military system which has been imposed on Nigeria by the military and the various presidents since 1999 have kept quiet because of greed. They should have been able to change the system and run true confederation because they are civilian and the national assembly is made up of civilians but because of greed and selfishness, they kept quiet.
“If we have that, each state can run with what her people need. It is not a question of people from the centre to run the water resources, agriculture, education and all that at the state level”.
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