20th of March, 2024.
Posted by: Prince Ahmed Hassan (TOHA)
BY: PROFESSOR MIKE OZEKHOME, SAN, CON, OFR, FCIArb, LL.M, Ph.D, LL.D, D.Litt, D.Sc
.THE NEVER-ENDING CALL FOR A NEW PEOPLE’S CONSTITUTION
The Constitution is the birth certificate and identity card of a Nation. It
mirrors the values and aspirations of a people. Such a supreme document
is not a mere law or legislation that is crafted by the NASS. Neither the
NASS nor the government that can give the Nigerian Nation a constitution.
Rather, it is the Constitution that gives the Nation a government, because it
is based on the will of the people. It is the dog that wags the tail; the tail
does not wag the dog. In the halls of the Green Chamber, sixty
legislators, transcending party lines have only recently advocated for a
transition from a presidential to a parliamentary system of government.
Simultaneously, the Senate also convened a 43-member panel on
Constitution review. These steps to me should be used as an auspicious
moment to consider how best to fashion out a truly representative
people’s Constitution.
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