ABSTRACT
The political geography of Nigeria has always been complicated, unsteady, and uncertain. Novel issues are introduced daily, and these are often shaped by class, regional, party, and other primordial interests. Nigerians know that there remains a lot of work to be done to ensure and assure democratization, positive pluralism, accountability, the rule of law, and social justice. With the traditional neglect of the rural areas and inner cities and closure of markets, offices, and businesses, the palliatives distributed by governments did not resolve the problem of hunger and anxiety in society. Some State governments did not bother to distribute palliatives, and this generated ever more anger and opposition to the COVID-19 protocols. Political discourses before and since redemocratization, while calling for different forms of confederation, federalism, and other political arrangements have been unanimous on the acceptance of a federal political arrangement.
