[size=16pt]Council of State [/size]

The Nigerian Council of State is an organ of the Nigerian Government. Its functions include advising the executive on policy making.

[edit] Composition

The Council of State consists of the following persons:

* President, who is the Chairman;
* Vice-President, who is the Deputy Chairman;
* All former Presidents of the Federation and all former Heads of the Government of the Federation;
* All former Chief Justices of Nigeria;
* President of the Senate;
* Speaker of the House of Representatives;
* All the Governors of the states of the Federation; and
* Attorney-General of the Federation.

Every passing day we moan about our past leaders without doing anything systematically to detach ourselves from that past. What hope for the future when the failed past has become a permanent part of our future.

As a country which experienced executive kleptocracy by past leaders especially Military heads of Government, its about time the aspect of the constitution which makes it mandatory for past military heads of Government to become life members of council of State be reviewed.

We have no business hoping to move forward when our failed past is an integral part of the future.

In fact I think a past head of Government should have to pass through NASS screening to be a member of Council of State, a screening which should be based on merit and how most your actions reflected National Interest as leader.

Otherwise our elections will continue to be cosmetic since whoever we vote for is at risk of being teleguided by past corrupt leaders.

Mckren:

The truth is: the difference between the past and present top officials or leaders is not much!
This is why the detachment will not be witnessed anytime soon.

A living snail has 2 things: the body and the shell. These 2 things must be together as long as the snail is alive.

Snail= Nigeria
Body=present leaders
Shell=past leaders

It is what it is, my man!

However we organise nigeria we have to bear one thing in mind, WE ARE NOT UNITED
Before we move forward in Nigeria we must first address the problem of UNITY. I beleive that is our main problem.

The question is how do we detach ourselves from the past when coup plotters and dictators become default members of council of state??

The question is how do we detach ourselves from the past when coup plotters and dictators become default members of council of state??

Coup plotting and dictatorship were part of our constitution. The past will always be part of us; now it is up to us to take advantage of the past by making the best of it.

It is what it is!

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