A Senior Advocate of Nigeria
(SAN), Chief Robert Clark has warned that there is no need to amend the 1999
constitution, describing it as a rotten egg.
He stated this while addressing
the clamour for restructuring which has remained on the nation’s front burner,
on Channels TV’s programme ‘Politics Today’, Sunday night.
According to him, instead of
amending the 1999 constitution, the Federal Government should quickly organise
a process for a people constitution.
He said: “The 1999 Constitution
is a rotten egg in Nigeria. It is a constitution that has allowed both the
executives operating it and the legislators operating it to feed themselves.
“So, I believe that if we want to
amend, there is no need to amend a rotten egg.
“We ask ourselves, what do we
mean by restructuring, are you restructuring Nigeria as an entity or are you
restructuring the system of governance.
“We cannot restructure Nigeria as an entity
that has to be clear to all of us. It is not negotiable; what we can negotiate
is to restructure on the basis of governance and what drags the governance is
the constitution.
“We ask ourselves, this 1999
constitution, does it help this country in the restructuring or do we jettison
it. Go by way of a referendum, ask the people, what system of government do you
want for this country?
“When the referendum says this is
what we want, then a constituent assembly, one member from each local
government will now come to the centre in Abuja and sit down to now see what
form of system of governance we will now enjoy under what you and I, under a
referendum have asked the leaders to do,” he added.
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