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Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has called for a trimming down of government if Nigeria must work.
According to NAN, Ekweremadu said, “We believe that the Federal Government as presently constituted is too big and we need to adjust it. In a situation where you have in the concurrent list only about sixteen items, most of the other things are on the exclusive list.
“It doesn’t make sense: so we need to find a way of trimming the Federal Government to the benefit of the component states so that some of these issues don’t become federal issues and that is the idea of federalism.
“We are looking at that: things like arbitration, agriculture, environment and such issues. Some of these things should go to the concurrent list and even Police,” he said.
According to NAN, Ekweremadu said, “We believe that the Federal Government as presently constituted is too big and we need to adjust it. In a situation where you have in the concurrent list only about sixteen items, most of the other things are on the exclusive list.
“It doesn’t make sense: so we need to find a way of trimming the Federal Government to the benefit of the component states so that some of these issues don’t become federal issues and that is the idea of federalism.
“We are looking at that: things like arbitration, agriculture, environment and such issues. Some of these things should go to the concurrent list and even Police,” he said.