The locus of political power in the country became contentious even before our independence in 1960. Certain provisions in our constitutions, first made formal in the 1979 constitution, were aimed at making a Nigerian president a Nigerian president and thus owned by all Nigerians. The constitution provides that a Nigerian president must win at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in at least two-thirds of the states. We are where we are because we are burdened by the plethora of unfinished political, economic and social businesses. Our national fault lines are the consequences of a feeling of unfairness, injustice and marginalisation that distance people from holding the levers of political power at all levels of government.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 04:02 UTC