{"id":12759,"date":"2016-12-23T19:24:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12759"},"modified":"2016-12-23T19:26:15","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T19:26:15","slug":"why-nigeria-my-collapse-soon-atiku-abubakr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12759","title":{"rendered":"Why Nigeria may Collapse soon &#8211; Atiku Abubakr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><strong>Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says the current economic situation has exposed the weaknesses in having a central government.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An advocate of restructuring, Atiku said the responsibilities of the federal government needs to be reduced to avoid it collapsing \u201cunder the weight of too many responsibilities it burdens itself with\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He questioned the rationale behind having a central government that can \u201cno longer meet its obligation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The former number two citizen made this position known on Twitter.<a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Atiku-Abubakar1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10529\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Atiku-Abubakar1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Atiku-Abubakar1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Atiku-Abubakar1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Atiku-Abubakar1-272x182.jpg 272w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Atiku-Abubakar1.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"http:\/\/market.jumia.com.ng\/computers-laptops-gaming\/?utm_source=pap&amp;utm_medium=aff&amp;utm_campaign=b364e0f2&amp;a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=b364e0f2\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/accounts\/default1\/a72f75b38\/b364e0f2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"629\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"http:\/\/kaymu.postaffiliatepro.com\/scripts\/a72f75i38?a_aid=Omafume&amp;a_bid=b364e0f2\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says the current economic situation has exposed the weaknesses in having a central government. An advocate of restructuring, Atiku said the responsibilities of the federal government needs to be reduced to avoid it collapsing \u201cunder the weight of too many responsibilities it burdens itself with\u201d. 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