The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday asserted that Nigeria needs to increase its revenues in order to address complaints over the sharing formula of federation proceeds.
The Governor made this comment while speaking at the State Government House in Benin-City during a courtesy visit of the Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Muheeba Dankaka.
‘The issue for us in Nigeria should be how to bake a bigger cake, because the cake we are trying to share has become too small,’ the Governor said.
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He went on to add that; ‘So no matter how hard you try to divide that cake and share it, many people will still feel they are not getting their fair share or what is due to them, because whatever they get might just be marginal.’
Obaseki who won his re-election campaign as Governor two years also pointed out that the that Federal Government is spending too much of the nation’s dwindling resources on recurrent expenditures, including personnel emoluments.
Meanwhile, Obaseki had recently hailed the selfless sacrifices made by officers and men of the Armed Forces to ensure that Nigeria remains one while also submitting that the country would not be divided.
Obaseki made this assertion while speaking at the launching of the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.
According to him, many Nigerians have benefited from the selfless sacrifices of members of the armed forces ‘from the first world War through our civil war till this day, where we are still losing patriots’.
He went on to insisit that it was very important to remember and appreciate the fallen heroes and the enormous courage of serving gallant soldiers.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
