In a major push for constitutional reform, The Patriots, a gaggle of outstanding Nigerian statesmen led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, met with President Bola Tinubu on the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.
The group mentioned Nigeria wants a brand new, “folks democratic pluralistic structure,” and the method ought to start with the convening of a constituent meeting.
Chief Anyaoku, a former Secretary-Basic of the Commonwealth, emphasised the pressing want for a pluralistic structure to handle Nigeria’s improvement challenges.
Talking to State Home correspondents after the assembly, he drew parallels with different nations, noting that nations failing to handle their pluralism by way of federal constitutions have usually disintegrated, citing examples of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Sudan.
In distinction, he identified that nations with pluralistic constitutions, like India and Canada, have remained robust and united.
The Patriots outlined a particular course of for this constitutional overhaul, urging Tinubu to convene a constituent meeting tasked with drafting the brand new structure.
The group mentioned the President ought to ahead an government invoice to the Nationwide Meeting, legislating for a nationwide referendum.
It added that the draft structure produced by the Constituent Meeting would then be topic to the referendum to make sure legitimacy by way of direct public approval.
Anyaoku confused that this is able to give the brand new structure the legitimacy it requires, rooting it firmly within the will of the Nigerian folks.
Talking on the continuing #EndBadGovernance protests, The Patriots suggested the President to have interaction in dialogue with protest leaders.
It additional cautioned the regulation enforcement companies towards utilizing deadly weapons in managing the demonstrations to forestall fatalities.
