One of the legacies that the Bola Tinubu administration will bequeath to future Nigerian governments as a development paradigm is the reintroduction of a regional economic model. But it is not enough to reintroduce it; it must start working by providing the policy framework for its continuous existence and sustainability. It is incumbent upon the model’s originator to provide this framework, which will clearly articulate the source’s intention.
We can say that there is nothing new about regional economic development to warrant special attention. After all, the country started with a regional political framework before moving toward a state structure. There is a big difference between the current structure and the old. There was one central government with no state elements within the regional structure of the past, while sub-regional governments exist now. That can compound governance issues, more so if the states’ leaderships are not homogeneous but comprise different
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