Tinubu’s Silent Overhaul: 8 Key Reforms Reshaping Nigeria Without a National Conference

For 25 years, calls for restructuring have been tied to a national conference. President Tinubu is taking a different path by driving major constitutional, fiscal, and institutional changes through legislation, court action, and policy shifts. Key changes include a constitutional amendment for state policing, guaranteed financial autonomy for local councils, a comprehensive tax overhaul, direct remittance of oil revenues to the federation account, fuel subsidy removal, electricity decentralisation, establishment of six regional development commissions, and increased FAAC allocations to states. These targeted moves amount to the most extensive devolution of power in a generation. Though officials avoid the label “restructuring,” the combined effect is a significant redistribution of authority, resources, and responsibilities across Nigeria’s federal system.

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