It is the need to create a law that makes it mandatory for every state to appoint a non-indigene as commissioner in all 36 states of Nigeria. Each state governor will not just appoint a non-indigene as the commissioner for national integration, but the non-indigene must also not be from the same zone, region or ethnicity as that of the state in question. Therefore, an Igbo from Delta or Benue cannot be appointed as commissioner for national integration in Anambra. An Ijaw from Ondo State, for example, should not be qualified to be appointed the commissioner for national integration in Bayelsa State, which is predominantly Ijaw. Similarly, even though Kogi State is in the North-Central zone, an Okun Yoruba from Kogi should not be appointed the commissioner for national integration in Ogun State.

Source: Punch August 03, 2020 23:07 UTC