The tragedy is that many states have not justified the confidence placed in them. Increased allocations too often yield larger convoys, broader patronage networks, grandiose projects, and scant structural change. Poverty deepens. Youth unemployment festers. Schools decay. Hospitals struggle. Rural roads vanish after the rains. Insecurity spreads into spaces vacated by weak institutions. For many citizens, government is something they hear about, not something they experience.
Katsina and the prospect of subnational renewal, By Dakuku Peterside
