NEW STATE CREATION IN NIGERIA WITHOUT POLITICAL RESTRUCTURING AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Beyond the threat of insecurity saga and quest for state police currently going on in Nigeria, no issue commanded a significant concern in the contemporary Nigeria than restructuring and good governance. These we believe will effectively address the numerous anomalies threatening the corporate existence of the polity, thus awaken the nation to compete favourably with world nations in world politics and development. To tackle these problems, the work adopted a doctrinal research methodology. The approach is analytical and also employed primary and secondary sources of information to drive home the points. The findings of the study showed that pseudo federalism, defective Constitution and bad governance topped other reasons for agitation for restructuring and good governance. Accordingly, the paper, recommended the adoption of a true federalism, through the enactment of a new Constitution that is participatory, and genuinely reflected the aspirations of the citizenry and good governance. These we believed would reduce the wide gap between the centre and the units, douse the agitation in the polity and enhance development, before a new state creation would be considered. The paper concluded that doing otherwise may amount to exercise in futility.