Akin Oyebode, a professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, has said the 1999 Constitution must be discarded before the country can make progress.

According to Oyebode, no matter the number of amendments made to the constitution, it cannot work for Nigeria because it is entirely faulty. He said Nigeria must heed the call to replace the 1999 constitution, which he described as a military document, with a new one.

Oyebode said this on Tuesday while delivering a lecture titled, “The Nigerian conundrum and the way forward,” at an event organised by the Oriwu Club, in Ikorodu, Lagos. A statement by the club quoted the professor to have argued that the late Chinua Achebe was right in his assertion that leadership was Nigeria’s problem.

He said, “the necessity for what the lawyers call an autochthonous constitution goes without saying. We cannot continue living a lie by calling a military decree, which propagates an untruth against itself, the country’s constitution.
More importantly, the military-imposed constitution is lopsided, inequitable and dysfunctional and it should be jettisoned and replaced with a more acceptable instrument which adheres with the tenets of true federalism. Except, until and unless this misbegotten contraption is totally overhauled by way of restructuring, the country would only be going round in circles in a manner reminiscent of the potter’s wheel –all motion, no movement.
The existing division of powers needs to be reworked such that the Federal Government would shed its bloated powers and the constituent units would exercise more powers in a re-configured federal system. Luckily, there is already in existence a draft constitution elaborated by the National Conference of 2014 in the event that some would argue that the country does not require yet another constitutional conference.
The plain truth is that no number of amendments or panel-beating can cure the infelicities of the Abdulsalam Constitution. Oyebode added that without restructuring, Nigeria was headed for collapse. Nothing is done except it is done right. A new constitution is a condition sine qua non for the rebirth of this country,” he declared.

Source: https://www.mediahelm.com.ng/2018/10/nigeria-must-discard-1999-constitution.html

Restructuring will solve the problem.

Discard it and replace with what exactly
Restructuring that we're yet to agree on what it actually means, where is the report on the confab that huge amount of money was spent to hold.

leadership is Nigeria’s problem.if u like bring jesus christ to rule us some will still say he is merciful some might even say he is corrupt

Lol
Every Tom, dick and Harry is now saying stuffs they like about Nigeria and what should be done .
Nawa

hisgrace090:
Restructuring will solve the problem.

Define restructuring. Clown!

Coming back to comment

Gbam

That's only if they want progress. You expect the people benefiting from it to discard it? This country is really trapped.

God bless you sir

Igbos will never Get Biafra. We shall remain united even if we don't love each other

Pls I need ur information, if you are in katsina or traders moni agents pls kindly confirm if this their website is genius and if the the registration is still ongoing.

Is it this same Buhari that will do that?

We re watching simple arithmetic

Absolutely

The annoying thing about that constitution is that the opening page says "We the people" i am not part of Those whose contributed to that constitution.

It's a military contribution handed over to Obasanjo.

We need a democratic constitution.

Tinubu slaves have abandoned the age long yoruba restructuring agenda. But original yorubas are focused on it

Unfortunately, the constitution is obviously lopsided and favours some.

Most times when I come online and see the "sai babarisms and atikulatings" from the so-called youths and assumed leaders of tomorrow I just shake my head in repulse and I'm forced to believe there won't be any redemption from the present quagmire any time soon.

We go clapping for and insulting each other over people who care less about the present conditions because it obviously favours them and their wards, and have precariously positioned their offspring to take over from where ever they'd be hanging their boots from.

Perhaps Y'all will continue sai babaing and atikulating their children as well after their fathers have successfully ruled over your fathers and eaten into your time and future before passing on the baton to their wards to finish off that which they had started.

Whoever thinks these our present crop of leaders will visit the constitution as it is presently for a tweak must be joking. This is so because it was deliberately arranged that way to favour them at the corridors of power.

The youths of this country have got to rise up and quit being lame-sitting ducks and internet warriors. Let's come together, collapse whatever mushroom youth associations all around the country into one firm and solid movement that can give these guys a good run for their money and make them realise we are truly prepared to take over governance. When they say the youths aren't prepared, it isn't just a mere say, it is indeed a fact judging from how so beat-down and docile they have rendered us technically and otherwise. They know what they have done to us and our morale but its time we took the bull by the horns.

In my opinion, we should let them have this election seeing how we aren't in the mix by any stretch, but we can begin to prepare from now and the next four years to take over with no negotiations.

The next four years is enough for us to get under a solid youth body comprising of youths from every region, religion, social class, etc and set up a mock constitution review panel. This panel should study the present constitution to strip it of every and all the rubbish contents imputed to benefit and protect the enemies of the state. Every clause relating to immunity, security votes etc should be expunged from the constitution. The humongous allowances for NA members would be cut down to the barest and true separation of powers entrenched in our new constitution. The judiciary would be looked into as well to correct all the anomalies that have rendered our justice system to favour the highest bidders and find ways to expedite dispatch of judicial matters.

Our military and paramilitary would be looked into as well to position them for their profession and not a willing tool for the political class to suppress and oppress the opposition.

Strip the rubbish called constitution a draft a new one we shall all agree on to control whatever is left of our future with and have a country to bequeath to our children while they continue improving on the constitution to suit their times as generations proceed.

If we can do this, trust me we would have an idea on the direction we intend going with a new Nigeria and also have a campaign manifesto for the next election. You can imagine being able to galvanize a good number of youths from now until the next election in four years time who can contribute a minimum of 1000# to a potential war chest to match these thieves on the campaign trail.

We can do it if we are willing we just need to quit with allowing ourselves get distracted by the same old wines in fresh bottles. It's the same old same.

The matter dey tire person abeg.

Do Nigeria have constitution?I doubt

MOD, so u decided to recall me from ban ehhh? OK ooo

4601CE:
Lol
Every Tom, dick and Harry is now saying stuffs they like about Nigeria and what should be done .
Nawa

Define restructuring. Clown!

You're no longer just clown as you can see you're now adding Horne's but you still have hope only if you can accept that you're sick.

As if they don't know but those that it favours and that hate the Igbo/those that champion restructuring will continue to support evil even to the detriment of their children! God forbid!

Everything in this country is outdated.
Roads: Outdated, Trains: Outdated. Politicians: Outdated.Constitution: outdated..
Even our syllabus in schools are outdated.
The country itself is outdated..
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIzgzmooyFM

Bode Oyebode again. After supporting the APC to power with the promise of restructuring, he went underground. This latest proposal is interesting, but will how political master Tinubu agree ?

It is our been biggest problem

the constitution is written by bunch of greedy human.

Awon olofo dede.

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You were better when you were speaking bullshit but now you have graduated to monkey shit, I pity you though!

GeorgeTheCoder:
Bode Oyebode again. After supporting the APC to power with the promise of restructuring, he went underground. This latest proposal is interesting, but will how political master Tinubu agree ?

God bless for saying the truth. The man rubbished GEJ on Channel's TV during the last election and ever since then gone underground.