The National Democratic Coalition, NADECO, has urged
President Bola Tinubu to return Nigeria to the Republican Constitution.
Tinubu is a member of the body formed after the 1993
presidential election won by the late Moshood Abiola but annulled by former
Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida.
A letter to the President signed by spokesman, Chief Ayo
Opadokun said the 1963 Constitution ensured true federalism and guaranteed
peaceful co-existence.
The organisation stressed that Nigeria remains “a country
not a nation” because the military illegally suspended, abrogated and replaced
an independent constitution.
NADECO said a return to the Republican Constitution would
restore a responsive government and chart a path to reconstructing overrun by
“politicians in military uniform since January 15, 1966”.
Tinubu was reminded that his party, the All Progressives
Congress, APC, established the Governor El-Rufai Committee which recommended a
return to Federal Constitutional Governance.
Full text of the letter:
“NADECO hereby formally congratulates you as you took the
Oath of Office, sworn in and assumed office as the President of Nigeria. This
is without prejudice to the democratic rights of your opponents who are
contesting your victory at the election tribunal.
NADECO is gratified that one of its most prominent Leaders
who in fact contributed significantly to the titanic democratic struggle and
campaign that the organization had to embark upon on behalf of Nigerians to
restore democracy to Nigeria has by divine destiny become the elected President
of the country of our birth.
We like to remind you of the most important demand of our
common and just struggle which was centred on the imperative necessity to
return Nigeria to a Federal Constitutional Governance upon which we secured our
independence.
Nigeria remains a country not a nation till date because the
military had without Nigerians democratic approval truncated, illegally
suspended, abrogated and replaced our negotiated independent constitution and
replaced it with Unitary Constitution till date.
The deceptively choreographed, 1979 & 1999 Constitutions
which preserved all the grave damages which successive military governments
have forcefully imposed upon Nigeria remain the bane of Nigeria’s backwardness,
stunted growth and unacceptable level of poverty.
NADECO is more than convinced that a return to the
Independence/ Republican Constitution will restore responsive and responsible
government to the minimum as we grapple with the business of reconstructing our
country which was successively overran/ damaged for the narrow personal
interests of politicians in military uniform since January 15, 1966.
All the many aberrations-political, legal, and structural
which the different military dictators whimsically imposed on Nigeria can then
be strategically corrected overtime. Mr. President, you were part of the
Patriots who suffered deprivations, dehumanization, and hounding along with us
as we spoke truth to the powers that forced themselves on us.
Fortunately, your own party established the Governor
El-Rufai Committee which recommended that the APC government should immediately
fulfil its promise to return Nigeria to a Federal Constitutional Governance as
contained in your Manifesto. All that we are requesting you to do is to use
your good auspices and commit yourself to be faithful to the promise upon which
your party was elected into office.
NADECO on behalf of the silent majority of Nigerians expects
you to make Nigeria respond to her manifest destiny of providing leadership to
the black race which is looking up towards us to take our rightful place in the
global diplomatic leadership in order to prove that black civilization is
consequential and important as the others for the growth and advancement of
humanity.
We pray that the good Lord will grant you robust health,
empathy and divine wisdom to providing unprecedented productive and impactive
leadership which will in quick time enhance the standard and quality of lives
of our people who have endured unbelievable economic deprivation, neglect and
poverty in a country like Nigeria with the abundant human and material
endowment and resources.”
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