Regional development: Nigeria needs true regionalism, not failed zonal commissions

Every senator and every member of the House of Representatives who voted to create a regional ‘development’ commission in Nigeria claim it is a game-changer that will radically transform the geopolitical zone concerned. But they know that’s not true; they know it’s yet another unaccountable federal agency that will induce the squandering of public funds and do little to support regional development. Similarly, every president who signed into law a bill to establish a regional ‘development’ commission knew he only fostered another opportunity fo