The people of Britain recently voted in a referendum to see to the exit of the nation from the European Union (EU).
As a result of this, scholars have been weighing in on possible effects of this move, including renowned Nigerian professor of political economy, Pat Utomi.
Pat Utomi stated that the exit could bring about similar self-determination spirit in other parts of the world especially, Africa.
Utomi said: “I have a feeling that this is a new dawn for plebiscite or referendum democracy. People are going to be asking why they should be in any union.
“It could be Sierra Leone, it could be Nigeria. They will call for their own referendum. Culture, trends and patterns tend to take on a global dimension.
“We have arrived at the age of self-determination. Making people stay in a union that they don’t like is now the equivalent of slavery in the modern age.
“It may get to the extent that many of the concocted states of West Africa that came out of the Berlin Conference, will begin to unravel. It has huge implication.”
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