Dumebi Kachikwu, presidential candidate of the African
Democratic Congress (ADC) in 2023, has asked President Bola Tinubu not to heed
calls by Emeka Anyaoku, a former secretary-general of the commonwealth, to
change the 1999 Constitution.
On Friday, Anyaoku urged Tinubu to convene a constituent
assembly to draft a “people-centred” constitution for the country.
Anyaoku made the assertion when he led The Patriots, a group
of elder statesmen, to a meeting with Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.
Speaking at a press briefing on Saturday, Kachikwu said
there is no need to change the constitution.
“This is what a lot
of people from the old order always say. Our biggest problem is that we have
not done enough with the current constitution available to us,“ Kachikwu said.
“There is so much we can do. Every year or on every
legislative agenda, they always introduce constitutional amendments, and in
more cases than one, we have seen where the constitution has been amended.
“Whatever we have to do with our constitution, let us take
it through that channel. But the first job of our president is to understand
that most Nigerians don’t believe we have a country or that we are one people.
“It is what he must start selling so that when we see the
green-white-green of our flag, we see it as meaning the same thing to us. He
needs to start selling a charter and a new order that speaks to us as a people
and brings us together.
“It is not a change of (national) anthem that is our
problem. The problem is that the anthem must resonate and mean something to us.
We need to start talking about solutions.
“In this country, we are big on the blame game, big on
identifying problems, but low on proffering solutions. Why? Solutions are
logical and not emotionally appealing. We also can’t score political points
with solutions.”
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