{"id":316832,"date":"2024-03-30T16:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=316832"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T15:54:57","slug":"afdb-president-adesina-proposes-new-name-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/30\/afdb-president-adesina-proposes-new-name-for-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"AFDB President Adesina proposes new name for Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Says renaming will change the relational mindset between the states and Abuja<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President of the African Development Bank Group (AFDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina has proposed renaming Nigeria \u201cThe United States of Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Industrialisation, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Adesina, who was awarded the 2024 Obafemi Awolowo Prize for Leadership made the suggestion In his speech titled \u201d Making a New Nigeria: Welfarist policies and people-centred development, \u201d .<\/p>\n<p>He clarified that renaming the country the \u201cUnited States of Nigeria\u201d will alter how the states and Abuja view one another, with the states serving as the pivot and the center as their ally rather than their overlord.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWe must be audacious! Instead of the Federal Government of Nigeria, we could think of the United States of Nigeria. The old would give way to the new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would change the relational mindset between the states and Abuja: the fulcrum would be the states, while the centre would support them, not lord over them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith good governance, better accountability systems, and zero tolerance for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2024\/03\/19\/efcc-neglected-cultural-values-responsible-for-heightened-corruption-in-nigeria\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a>, more economically stronger constituent states would emerge! We would unleash massive wealth across the states. A New Nigeria would arise! To do so, we will need all of us, not some of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our forgotten rural villages to our boisterous and dynamic urban areas. From the sparks of desire in the eyes of our children to the lingering hope in the hearts of our youths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the yearnings of our women and mothers and our men and fathers for a better tomorrow, and the desires of the old that our end would be better than our past. From the hardworking street vendors and small businesses to the largest business conglomerates, we must create a movement of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThe achievement of economically viable entities and the viability of the national entity requires constitutional changes to devolve more economic and fiscal powers to the states or regions. 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