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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

ABUJA- A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Former minister of Sports and Youths Development, Engr Bala Ka\u2019oje has said the time has come for Nigeria to change its style of governance by reviewing the Constitution and devolve more power to state governments.<\/p>\n

Engr. Ka\u2019oje who said this would help to address the rising security threats across the country, added that one of the ways to achieve this would be through a national conference.
\nRecall that the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan had in 2014 organised a National Confrence otherwise known as 2014 Confab but the resolutions and recommendations of the confab was never implemented.<\/p>\n

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Africa Press-Nigeria: ABUJA- A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Former minister of Sports and Youths Development, Engr Bala Ka\u2019oje has said the time has come for Nigeria to change its style of governance by reviewing the Constitution and devolve more power to state governments. Engr. 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