A former senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani has said that devolution of power and reform of the electoral system must be of utmost priority in the constitutional amendment process.
Sani said this statement in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Lagos.
He lamented that political interests have always frustrated
moves to amend the constitution.
According to him, developmental issues were usually not
prioritized during the constitution amendment process because of the interests
of political leaders.
“Since 1999, the national assembly has been inaugurating
committees to amend the constitution of Nigeria, but the problem has been that
the issues that are supposed to be amended are not amended because of
interests.
“Each time we have this committee set up, the committee is
inaugurated in good time, but the recommendations are hardly implemented.
“Take, for example, electoral reform, no president in
Nigeria wants to reform an electoral system that will take him out of power,”
he said.
He enjoined political office holders to implement reforms
and vision that would outlive them, stressing that power was transient.
“If you think you are in a position of authority today and
you have all the power to exercise, think of what happens to you tomorrow,”
Sani said
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