Nigeria as a nation is faced with much political contradictions and the basic among them seems to be how best to deal with the national question that has been bogging her since independence. These contradictions of the post-colonial era have created a deep political mark and congealed interest on both sides of the political divide. In this two divides are those that are reaping from the already existing status-quo-ante and perceive no reason for change rather believe that such political, economic and social challenge will end with time, and at the other hand are those that feel that the Nigerian past has been squandered, the present mortgaged and the future so uncertain. To the latter, the bad state of the system has led to a demand for a re-negotiation of relations between the power elite and the people. The paper adopted exploratory research design and qualitative method of data collection and analysis. Anchoring our argument on the investment theory of party competition, this paper argue that the problem of Nigeria is not about regionalizing or decentralization of the state because the same group of elites clamouring for regionalization or decentralization of powers will always strived to safeguard their personal interest, thereby spring up same existing patron client politics which will create a room for the interest of the few superseding the interest of the majority. The paper amongst others recommends that this system (patron-client) needs to be eradicated as it poses a serious challenge against the interest of better life by the masses.
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