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Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Beaf: 12:32am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=14pt]Jonathan: 1999 Constitution is Flawed[/size] President Goodluck Jonathan By Muhammad Bello President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday described the 1999 Constitution as a flawed document that needs be reviewd to reflect the current realities in the country and strengthen social contracts between the disparate parts and nationalities. Jonathan made the remarks when he received the report of the Justice Alfa Belgore-led Committee on the Review of Outstanding Constitutional Issues at the State House, Abuja. The President who observed that there has been delay, lasting over 13 years in the review of the Constitution posited that the work of the Belgore Committee is an attempt to ameliorate the inherent lacuna in the document which must be addressed. The key areas that needed attention, which the committee was mandated to look into were the Fundamental Rights of citizens, security of lives and property, local government administration, Land Use Act and the judiciary and provision of infrastructure. The president noted that the Constitution “requires review and amendment in view of gaps that have become evident in our attempt to operationalize it over the last 13 years,” stressing that: “the Committee’s mandate included the preparation of a legislative bill that would be sent to the National Assembly for debate and consideration in the proposed Constitutional Review exercise.” “I am informed that the Committee reached unanimous agreements on changes in key areas of the Constitution; and that the recommendations that you are submitting today include provisions to strengthen Fundamental Rights as well as legal protection for all citizens, especially children, women and the physically challenged. I also understand that you have worked hard to develop provisions for speedy and fairer administration of justice,” President Jonathan said.. He stated that: “equitable dispensation of justice must be made real as they greatly influence the average citizen’s sense of obligation and patriotic disposition towards the nation,” pointing out that all manner of people, especially at the grassroots level must be carried along as “the greatest asset of our democracy is the commitment of people at the grassroots to the ideals of transparency, accountability and good governance.” In his remarks while presenting the committee’s report, Justice Alfa Belgore stated that the committee critically appraised the recommendations of recent Constitutional Conferences, endorsed many of the recommendations made therefrom and produced a main report, drafts of bills or the amendments to the constitution that will guide the National Assembly in its work. reviewing the document. Appealing on the need to jettison the system of justice the nation inherited from the colonialists, Justice Belgore observed that:”The procedures we inherited from the colonial tines which were originally meant for jury has not helped the speedy dispensation of justice” He suggested that the Chief Justice of Nigeria must be given powers to establish a Council, comprising the judiciary, the bar, the private sector and government, ,that will be responsible for the making of rules that will guide the administration of both civil and criminal cases. To solve the problem of the collision between the judiciaries of the states and the bar Justice Belgore offered that the President should “set up a panel to look into the possibility of a unified modern criminal legislation.” He admonished that the apex government should step up efforts to upgrade electricity generation to 40,000 Mega Watts, intensify industrialisation and create employment for Nigerians, saying that; “the present situation of some disgruntled elements trying to destabilise the country will soon pass, once Vision20:2020 starts having even greater effect on the economy.” http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-1999-constitution-is-flawed/119791/ |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by sapien(m): 12:53am On Jul 13, 2012 |
Beaf,bloody goon! 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Beaf: 12:56am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=14pt]Belgore's Committee Recommends Unfettered Autonomy For LGs[/size] http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/29411/2012/07/10/belgores_committee_recommends_unfettered_autonomy_lgs.html |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 1:16am On Jul 13, 2012 |
Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by onomeasike: 1:16am On Jul 13, 2012 |
having failed to kill the oil subsidy probe report and since the current mischief of appointing Patience Jonathan as permanent secretary was not their creation and it is gradually snowballing into controversy,RENO OMOKRI a.k.a beaf=PointB=BlackPikkin,the special adviser to president jonathan on social network and New Media, thought deflecting issues towards the constitution review would protect his principal's failure to provide honest and responsible leadership. pls shine your eyes,impress it on beaf(RENO OMOKRI)to use his closeness to president Jonathan to provide honest transparent leadership! 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by jmaine: 1:43am On Jul 13, 2012 |
It's pertinent for us to drop the already debunked lies that GEJ never fulfilled the constitutional requirement by declaring his assets The Presidency has advised a civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,SERAP, to seek information about President Goodluck Jonathan’s assets declaration from the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, since the bureau “has the powers and responsibility for addressing the issues such as the one you are pursuing.” jonathans-assets-go-to-ccb-serap-told |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 1:48am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=13pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by jmaine: 1:53am On Jul 13, 2012 |
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Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 1:54am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=13pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by jmaine: 1:55am On Jul 13, 2012 |
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Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 1:57am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by jmaine: 2:01am On Jul 13, 2012 |
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Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 2:06am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by jmaine: 2:08am On Jul 13, 2012 |
It's pertinent for us to drop the already debunked lies that GEJ never fulfilled the constitutional requirement by declaring his assets The Presidency has advised a civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project,SERAP, to seek information about President Goodluck Jonathan’s assets declaration from the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, since the bureau “has the powers and responsibility for addressing the issues such as the one you are pursuing.” jonathans-assets-go-to-ccb-serap-told 1 Like |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Beaf: 2:13am On Jul 13, 2012 |
Local govt autonomy and the scaling back of the land use act will usher Nigeria into the era of true federalism and get us on the highway to development once and for all. The realisation of those two items is the fulcrum by which we can lever ourselves out of slavery to oil/Abuja cabals and empower the little guy on the street with a contract of citizenship and belonging that is both compassionate and just. Political power is over centralised in Nigeria, with all the nations wealth concentrated in Abuja. This naturally leads to the depths of do-or-die politics and the evil problem of systemic corruption that Nigeria of today is creaking under. The only purpose of the land use act is to enable lands to be easily siezed for oil production, to the detriment of agriculture and all other sectors. For a very balanced opinion of the land use act, read this PDF (ENTIRELY): http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTARD/Resources/336681-1236436879081/5893311-1271205116054/mabogunje.pdf. I'll leave land use act matters for now with a very powerful quote from yet another scholarly article: The country moved from a self-sufficient food economy to food importation dependent country. Its agricultural sector which accounted for 97% of its exports earnings at independence in 1960 was relegated to the background, as oil resource revenue moved from $295 million in 1965 to $2.5 billion in the 1970s (within a period of ten years), and accounting for 82% of Nigeria's revenue (Okonta and Douglas, 2003).Consequently, the growth and dominance of oil production in Nigeria's economy gave rise to multiple effects. http://stockholm.sgir.eu/uploads/Land%20ownership%20and%20conflicts%20in%20Nigeria-%20Understanding%20the%20oil-fuelled%20grievance%20and%20greed%20in%20the%20Niger-delta.pdf Freeing the LG from the state will make our LG's the primary units of development as occurs the World over. In every country I have been blessed to visit, it is the LG that drives development. Everywhere on the Planet, LG's are directly involved in power generation, creation of wealth, generation of employment and bisuness opportunities, provision of health care, collection of taxes, enforcement of standards and industrial development. Indeed, in Nigeria too, our constitution mandates them to provide these things, however they are hampered by being dependent on the state govt, which in turn is dependent on Abuja... You serve those you are dependent on, not those who voted you in, thats an obvious law of nature. It is also corruptions mother and grandmother, because accountabilty goes to the person with the paycheck, not the electorate. If your LG boss embezzles all the money due to your local area, there is nothing you can do. In GEJ's favour, LG's have been given the authority to generate electricity; but this is far from enough, what is required is total autonomy for our LG's. I posted this elsewhere, but its relevant here: Beaf: [size=14pt]What do your state an LG contribute to Nigeria and what have you done to ensure they contribute?[/size] https://www.nairaland.com/893780/what-state-lg-contribute-nigeria |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 2:14am On Jul 13, 2012 |
[size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by StarrMatthieu: 2:25am On Jul 13, 2012 |
Thanks a lot |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Beaf: 7:24am On Jul 13, 2012 |
I hope we can now have a saner discussion. |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 1:15pm On Jul 13, 2012 |
Again . . . [size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now declared to be flawed by the same man?? Am I surprised? Of course not! I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by DuduNegro: 6:30pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
Local govt autonomy and the scaling back of the land use act will usher Nigeria into the era of true federalism and get us on the highway to development once and for all. The realisation of those two items is the fulcrum by which we can lever ourselves out of slavery to oil/Abuja cabals and empower the little guy on the street with a contract of citizenship and belonging that is both compassionate and just. You are talking about Nigeria, not United States. Giving autonomy to LG is the same as saying bringing government closer to the people and the grassroot. You cannot do that in Nigeria without an inclusion of the titled traditional rulers. Having elected officials at the helm of an autonomous LG will result in usurpation of powers which are reserved to the people resulting as a counter-weight to the customs and traditions of the land. Even in places like England, grassroot governance is left to the stewardship of titled land barons. Democracy does not mean you erase your customs and traditions. |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by TechRev: 7:02pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
Will NASS agree to that?? and state Governors?? |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by dedeike: 7:59pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed??Kobojunkie, you want us to stand against the president's move to review the obviously flawed constitution? Now I have seen how desperate you have become in opposing Jonathan? On this one, even your paymasters will not agree with you. If there's any document which everyone, both the ruling and opposition, agrees should be reviewed, it is the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. That constitution is as flawed as the word flawed. Many efforts have also been taken in the past to review it. But as it has become customary with this administration, this will be another landmark achievement in this regard. But again, you need to be reminded that GEJ is not the one to ammend the constitution as you erroneously portrayed in your post. In your desperation to attack, you forgot the basic doctrine of separation of powers. You also betrayed your ignorance of the rigorous and all inclusive process involved in such review. The president's role begins with the reception of this report and the forwarding of same to the National Assembly. That is where the journey for review begins. If you re so annoyed or in enemity with the review, you have an opportunity to attack it when the process comes before any house of assembly controlled by your A.C.N or C.P.C paymasters. Until then, pls deal with it 2 Likes |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Beaf: 8:16pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
TechRev: Will NASS agree to that?? and state Governors?? The state governors are the real problem, bruv. Last year when GEJ floated the idea to them, they practically went livid; GEJ had proposed to pay LG's directly and divorce the LG accounts from the state joint local government account, since the LG's are the real engines of development in a federal system. Currently, most governors simply steal the LG's monies from the joint account and turn LG bosses into little more than NURTW operatives. It is GEJ's belief that LG's should be the real engines of development with both the FG and states being de-emphasised and gradually weakened. |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 11:39pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
Again . . . [size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now declared to be flawed by the same man?? Am I surprised? Of course not! I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Nobody: 11:52pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now flawed?? Which kain nonsense talk be this? |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 11:54pm On Jul 14, 2012 |
Again . . . [size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now declared to be flawed by the same man?? Am I surprised? Of course not! I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by alanbolo(m): 7:21pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
@ beaf and dedeike.... U guys are right on point with this. If the states can be decoupled from the LGs allocation, i think dividend of democracy will be closer to d people faster than d current systems. The Leaders are mere carrying out what d system provide for them... I believed in laying the structures first b4 applying the cosmetics value. |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 7:25pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
:-XAgain . . . [size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now declared to be flawed by the same man?? Am I surprised? Of course not! I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Nobody: 7:50pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
LGA's in Nigeria should be scrapped. They're nothing but a conduit pipe for wastage and corruption. It doesn't matter if they're independent or not. |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by manny4life(m): 11:48pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
[size=16pt]Apparently, someone on this forum has gone kukus[/size], |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by Kobojunkie: 11:49pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
:-XAgain . . . [size=14pt]Constitution is flawed? The Constitution he swore to uphold, but when questioned on why he chose to basically undermine the document, he declares he does not give a darn? This is the same man that went on National TV to declare that his personal principals overrule the Constitution, the law of the Land. That same Constitution is now declared to be flawed by the same man?? Am I surprised? Of course not! I hope NASS does not allow him touch that document. This man has shown that he is not the kind of person who should be touching or making changes to our Constitution. This man has no respect for the law. He should be not allowed to touch that document. We need to stand against him making any changes to that document as is. We are better off waiting for a sane individual to come make any amendments to the document we need. [/size] |
Re: Jonathan: Constitution Is Flawed by jmaine: 11:52pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
manny4life: [size=16pt]Apparently, someone on this forum has gone kukus[/size], It's a precarious and a terrible condition of chronic psychosis . . . . |
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