Constitution Review Will Not Address Nigeria Challenges – Afenifere

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  “we cannot claim to be in a democracy and be governed by a constitution that does not emanate by the people”

The pan Yoruba Socio-political association, Afenifere, says review of the 1999 constitution initiated by the Senate will not solve the myriad of challenges bedevilling Nigeria.

The group noted that nothing good would come out of the that constitution review.

General Secretary of the group, Sola Ebiseni made the position of the group regarding the exercise known during an interview on Thursday.

He said Afenifere decided not to submit memorandum at the public hearing because the session of the two arms of the National Assembly, since 2007, had embarked on the same jamboree of constitutional amendment spending public funds on public hearings, without any result.

He added that Afenifere believed in the restructuring of the country and true federalism as he emphasized that the National Assembly must also be discussed in the process of restructuring.

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He added the “we cannot claim to be in a democracy and be governed by a constitution that does not emanate by the people. Amendment will not cure the anomalies.You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand.”

The General Secretary of the group maintained that the exercise called for questioning following the condemnation of the declarations of the Southern Governors in support of restructuring by both the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives while the Committees.