Former Osun State Governor and pioneer National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, has described the 1999 Constitution as the problem of Nigeria, saying without overhauling it, the country may not experience the much-needed development.
He said the constitution which, according to him, was designed for the people of the country by the military, promoted “criminal impunity in the governance of the country.”
Akande said this during the public presentation of a book titled, ‘Nigeria: The path we refuse to take,’ written by the Secretary General of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Chief Sehinde Arogbofa, at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, on Tuesday.
The APC chieftain argued that if Nigeria must make headway politically and socio-economically, the 1999 Constitution must be done away with while the piecemeal amendment to it at the National Assembly must be stopped.
This call, he said, became imperative because the current amendment would aid the nation’s disintegration.
To avoid this, the former governor called for the temporary replacement of the 1999 Constitution with the 1963 Republican Constitution pending the time a new constitution would be put in place for the nation.
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Akande, who blamed the 1999 Constitution for corruption ravaging the nation and the attendant underdevelopment, said amending the constitution would not bring out any good result.
Akande said, “The 1999 Constitution is Nigeria’s greatest misadventure since Lord Lugard’s amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates in 1914. The constitution puts emphasis on spending rather than making money, thereby intensifying the battles for supremacy between the legislature and the executive while the judiciary is being corruptly tainted and discredited.
“The constitution breeds and protects corrupt practices and criminal impunity in governance. The 1999 Constitution can never be beneficially reviewed and the ongoing piecemeal adjustments or amendments can only totally blot the essence of national values and accelerate the de-amalgamation of Nigeria.
“All the angels coming from heavens cannot make that constitution work for the progress of Nigeria. It should only be scrapped as a bad relic of military mentality; and it ought to be temporarily replaced with the 1963 Republican Constitution to enable a transition for the writing of a suitable constitution.
“Otherwise, the 1999 Constitution would continue to dwarf Nigeria’s economy and stifle the country’s social structure pending a disastrous and catastrophic bankruptcy.”
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