Nigeria Should Adopt the Swiss Cantonal System of Government

I will be going parallel to my opps arguments starting with his first paragraph "-MY OPPONENT'S COMPARISON BETWEEN THE USA AND SUDAN PROVES MY POINT - " doyin states that my example of USA and Sudan proves his point, essentially saying 1) The U.S form of Democracy doesn't work in Sudan because it doesn't serve "multi-lingual" societies, and 2) that the Swiss model is best for multi-lingual and multi-religious societies and that because of that, Nigeria should adopt it. My opp gives states that the "United States has one dominant language - English." However, that doesn't discount the fact the the U.S. is multi-lingual and multi-religous. Plus, how does a governmental system relate to what language the people speak. There is no correlation. It is illogical to say that, because of different languages and religions, a government system, such as Democracy cannot work. Overall, my opp. is making a correlation between Government and Language that doesn't exist. -The Kenyan Card should also be applied to the above ^^ "- WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF POLITICAL CONFLICTS IN MULTI-LINGUAL AND MULTI-RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES? -" - My opp. states that I " support the US style democracy that Nigeria is currently practicing." I would like to make it clear that I only used the United States as an example of how you cannot say that since a government worked here, it would work there. Nothing else. Anyways, Nigeria isn't practicing Democracy, rather a federal constitutional republic. -My opp begs the question "were the Swiss born with better values that enabled them to achieve "first world country" or did the better values that enabled them to achieve this status evolve over time?" I don't believe they were born with the values, but did evolve. However, because Swiz. has a good everything, that doesn't mean that it would work in Nigeria. Nigeria is already experience great economic booms, and there is not reason to change the government. It doesn't make sense when Nigeria is already doing so good. -My opp also asks : "what are the key causes of the conflict that is constantly bubbling that my opponent refers to?" And I am referring to the surrounding countries, as well as Islamic Terrorists, according to Wikipedia, "Because of its multitude of diverse, sometimes competing ethno-linguistic groups, Nigeria prior to independence has been faced with sectarian tensions and violence." "Advantages of Decentralization" -Now my opp. brings up how because of the Swiss Cantons~~ "Germans, French, Italians, and Rhaeto-Romansch. Over the centuries, whenever conflicts have arisen between these language groups, and between Catholics and Protestants, the Swiss have resolved the conflict by allowing each of the warring groups to govern themselves. " Now, this is interesting, because Nigeria has the same, but different problem. There is no warring groups over ethnic groups, rather religious groups. Islamic Terrorists are plaguing Nigeria, with "In 2010, more than 500 people were killed by religious violence in Jos (Wikipedia)." Also the entire northern part of Nigeria is under Sharia Law. Now, you cannot use the Swiss System of Government to fix the problems in Nigeria. The religious differences go much deeper than that. Plus, if you split up the country into different Cantons, you would create even more cultural and religious barriers and differences. -"Inconsistencies in my Opponents Arguments" My opp argument in this paragraph is "Necessarily, such changes in the styles of governments are driven by agitations, they are progressive, and they are the reason why we have progressive nations like the US and Switzerland today. " The key word is "agitations," as I stated before my opp. agrees that there "has been no peaceful transitions between governments." Thus, as I stated before, there will be blood shed. You cannot change governments and expect no violence to occur. Currently, there isnt any violence in Nigeria that is related to the government, thus why create it? Plus the Nigeria Confab is mainly dealing with the Leaders, rather than the entire government. -My opp. brings up conflicting arguments, saying that "Nigerians are not prospering." I am stating that as a country overall, it is prospering "Nigeria is prospering, becoming, according to Citigroup, "the highest average GDP growth in the world between 2010"2050." However, my opp. states that a new government is the key to solving the economic problems in Nigeria. This doesn't make any sense, as how does changing a form of government have anything to do with the economy? Democracy doesn't have to do anything with the economy, it is capitalism. Changing the government won't help or alleviate the suffering and poverty as my opp. states. There is no correlation. -My opp. states that I conceded that African Governments need to change. I would just like to ask my opp. to stop arguing this point, as it is not topical. We are arguing about Nigeria, not about the rest of Africa. I do agree that certain countries in Africa need to change, however I don't believe Nigeria needs to. -Finally, as part of my rebuttal, I would like to address my opps. last argument. I would give an honest opinion. I do not believe that if Nigeria adopted the Swiss democratic model, that it would be better off. First off, the morals of Nigerians are different as well as there whole aspect of life. If they see that they could be rich as powerful, when they never had before, why wouldn't that take that advantage. Thats why corruption occurs, because of Greed. I'm not saying that Swiz. isnt free of corruption, rather most politicians there aren't corruption not because of the government, but because they were raised with a higher quality of living. Simply, a different government won't save Nigeria, it starts at the people. Now raise some of my own points. My opp.'s biggest mistake is that he/she is making a huge assumption, in that if Nigeria changes governments, then it would fix most if not all of its problems. There are problems with that: 1) Assumption it is going to work. How do you know its going to work unless you actually implement it. Swiss is a perfect country to implement anything, honestly. Everything is booming, and its not solely the government, it is its people, its trade, its economic system. There is an assumption that since it works in Swiz, it would work in Nigeria, and that is false. 2) In order to solve for the problems you are advocating that the Swiss form would solve for, then you would not only have to reform the government. but reform the whole nation, every agency, even the economic system. Changing the government won't solve for the problems you are saying that it would fix. Thats like saying the President can control the oil prices. He can't. 3) The problems lie in its people, not in the government. Its realistically the people that need to change, not the government. And that lies in the government creating programs for the people or private interests. There is no reason to change the government. Lastly, why even advocate for a change in government when you know that it would lead to bloodshed. Time and time again, it has happened in history, the Bolshevik revolution, the Chinese civil war that ended up with china becoming communist. As I proven, it would not solve for any problems (if we change the government) rather it would create chaos. For these reasons I urge a Negative Ballot!