Nigeria is having difficulty developing because of the debate about moving several CBN and FAAN departments to Lagos. Rather than working together to find answers to our country's problems, we as a people do more to fuel the fires of tribal vanity and mistrust. Fighting for Lagos or Abuja is a betrayal of a very superficial mentality. Similar to how some argue against taking a cup of water from the ocean.

It makes sense that some of the combatants had never been anything more than the products of their clannish politics. They never gave it any thought as to how much the CBN's supervision duties cost. How much is traveled by plane alone? Is there a cost to shuttle from Abuja to Lagos? Isn't it time for governments to discard this garbage and set aside this sentiment? For optimal performance, the departments that conduct eighty percent of their activities should be moved to Lagos. The CBN cannot operate outside of Lagos, where all commercial banks do 80% of their activity. The practice of government entities such as the Navy NPA, oil firms, etc. situating their headquarters distant from their operational locations has always been absurd.