Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday said the north must stop the blame game over lack of tangible development in the region. Abubakar stated this in a paper titled; "The Challenge of Unity, Diversity and National Development: Nigeria at Crossroads." He said the nation must devolve power from the centre to the federating units, adding that many of the items in the Exclusive List should be devolved to the states or any other agreed federating units. "To have the federal government create local governments and directly fund them makes nonsense of the word "local." He stressed that this will make the nation productive again as all the federating units would engage in healthy rivalries and competition, which would only result in more progress.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 27, 2017 19:18 UTC