AFDB President Adesina proposes renaming Nigeria as "United States of Nigeria" to reshape state-federal relations.

AFDB President, Adesina, proposes renaming Nigeria as "United States of Nigeria" to change the relational dynamics between states and federal capital, Abuja, with states serving as pivot and centre supporting them instead of lording over them. Adesina made this suggestion during a speech titled "Making a New Nigeria: Welfarist Policies and People-Centred Development."

March 30, 2024
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