66 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE: How to make Nigeria great again – Prof Falode

Vanguard News | 29-09-2026 05:37pm |

Professor Adewunmi Falode of Lagos State University has proposed a 7-year single tenure for President and governors, a weaker centre with stronger states, and free compulsory education to address Nigeria's challenges. Delivering LASU's 115th Inaugural Lecture, he argued that Nigeria's crises stem from a structural malfunction in democracy, federalism, and education. He described the current democracy as elitist, exclusionary, and divisive.

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