The Supreme Court decision is a major setback in the quest for real development in a country bedeviled with the challenges of nationhood. Emphasis should shift from revenue allocation to generation. Let each geo-political zone concentrate on its area of comparative advantage and pay taxes for maintenance and sustenance of a central government of manageable size, and not this current behemoth. The Federal Government cannot be gobbling 52 per cent of the national earnings and still…
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