In the wake of the current economic challenges and the inability of some state governors to meet their statutory obligation to the workers, a former Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, has recommended merger of states as to address the issue.
Akande made the recommendation during an interactive session with journalists in his Ila country home as part of activities marking his 77th birthday anniversary.
The APC chieftain said since more than half of states in Nigeria are still owing workers’ salaries, a way out will be that they either cease to be states or merge with viable ones.
He reiterated his belief in fiscal federalism, where resources are shared according to derivation and states live within their means.
To the APC chieftain, Nigeria should not have more than 18 states to allow for every federating unit to be self-sustaining.
On the Biafra agitation, he advised that secession should be pursued with negotiations not war.
