jaxxy:


Creating a unified constitution is a difficult process and that’s probably why it’s never been addressed, there are many agitations and demands mostly genuine bt many details and factors need to be considered b4 properly addressing them. Even the new constitution cannot please everybody 100% at thesame it will be give and take and striking the requiremed balance on issues many of them which are very contentious.

sure and i think the new constituition might not fix everything but it would give most people a sense of belonging in the dispensation of justice, imagine a nigerian law that kills a corrupt politician or makes a thief face hard labour or comuinity service like cleaning roads and gutters.. people might not have the urge for the babaric jungle justice

It is a waste of resources convening another national conference for constitutional review or reform. We have had many people oriented confabs, last one just held in 2014.
The face of the man in that conference is so ugly and hated by most and feels; why should this man try that? Yes, he is a no body and have no right to put up such a gathering of first ever all inclusive interest in Nigeria but APC that choose to stay away.

We know the truth and what is right to do for Nigeria to move forward in progress and in peace but we choose to play blind, dumb and crippled. Let us continue to move in circles but definitely, we can't escape hitting the rock and break into pieces.
WE CAN'T ESCAPE THAT AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE IN THIS MODE WE OPERATE.

But sir, you were one of the closest beneficiaries of Obasanjo’s government. How come you didn’t identify and address this problem when you held sway?

Or what were you thinking at the time that beclouded your thoughts about the 1999 constitution and other structural problems that continues to be emphasized on by other stakeholders and activists?

What has now changed?

excel111:
Legal icon and founder of Afe Babalola University(ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, says the current Nigerian constitution is inadequate to solve the myriads of problems confronting the country.



Afe Babalola
He spoke on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti during his conferment with the Africa Role Model and AU Agenda 2063 Ambassadorial Award by the African Union.



Babalola said the 1999 constitution was antithetical to the development and progress of the country considering the loopholes inherent in its operational legal framework.

He said it would be an herculean task for any leader to succeed in making spectacular accomplishments with the 1999 Constitution.

Accordingto him, the constitution is not suitable for the peculiar nature of the country.

He said unless bold steps were taken to change the constitution, many developmental efforts may end in futility.

Babalola described as irregular the description of the current constitution as ” federal,” saying it remained unitary in all ramifications.

He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to convene a Sovereign National Conference with membership elected based on zero party system to design a new people-oriented constitution.

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Babalola said the award given to him was a good omen to millions of Nigerians and Africa.

“It is a tragedy that Africa today is bereft of transformational leaders such as Ghandi, Kwame Nkrumah, Nnamdi Azikwe, Obafemi Awolowo, Nelson Mandella and Ahmadu Bello

“For Africa to move forward, we need transformational leaders and not operators of 1999 Constitution.

” The renaissance has started in ABUAD. ABUAD is the clear leader in reformation of education. We have succeeded in nine years to transform education in the country,” he said.

The African Union ECOSOCC Nigeria Representative, Dr Tunji Asaolu, said Babalola’s contribution to human capital development was worthy of commendation and emulation.

Asaolu said the continental award was conferred on the legal icon based on his legendary impact in all spheres of human life to the benefit of Africa.

According to him, Babalola is a continental role model whose work and activities are serving as veritable implementation platforms.

Also speaking at the ceremony, Gov. Kayode Fayemi described Babalola as a pride to Ekiti and entire black race, saying his developmental impact in Ekiti, Nigeria and Africa was enormous. (NAN).

Vanguard

Source:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/08/1999-constitution-cant-solve-nigerias-problems-afe-babalola/

LOVEGINO:
We need to sell dis country share the money make every baga find him way. But d problem be say, who wan buy problem (naija)

Hahahahahaha

Segregation is the only solution to these country, give us our own Biafran Nation

itsme01:



1999 constituition is actually Nigeria's problem

Legally a constituition require constituitional confrence with contribution from all corners of the country so that the laws wont be strange or alien to us, but this isnt so, most people dont know what law governs them because they werent part of the process, unlike many americans that no their constituition and major ammendments

A constituition written by Abacha and his supreme military council like Abdulsalam and some other asslicking politicians for the purpose of easing a way for Abacha to transittion into a life president

a fvcked up constituition specifically designed to intimedate the poor with clauses like Imuinity for governors and deputy, president and vice
poor man crime like Roberry can get you decades behind bars but rich mans crime like corruption and graft only gets you few months or years with option of fine and maximum of 5 to 7 years


We know if Nigerians made their own constituition through collective gathering of all tribes that made up Nigeria in a constituitional confrence;

*Corruption would recieve brutal punishment (cos we dont joke with thieves)
*No Executive would have anything called secuirity vote that they can spend without accounting for
*Rape and child molestation would had been a capital punishment like kidnaping with death as punishment
*Senator wouldnt be paid irrelevant allowances or huge running cost when NASS is still been ran by FG
*A single Person like the President or minister of petroleum wouldnt be so powerful as to single handedly give out OML and oil fields to who ever he likes and withdraw it when ever he pleases
*Solid Minerals would never be on exclusive list with someone in Abuja telling me i cant mine gold or coal in my fathers farm except abuja minister decides to give me lisence to my own land or gives it to his kinsmenr


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As a book of laws, the constitution is coherent enough and readable. There is nothing deficiently wrong with it in regards to the manner it expresses the law it contains. It has a bill of rights, balances the three arms and unusually detailed for a constitution.

Now if your concern is a structural or economic arrangement in the belief that federalism is a better economic model than unitary or close unitary system, then you cannot blame the constitution. Besides the constitution has an amendment clause that can be used. If there is any update required that update can be made as an amendment.

We had a natiional conference under GEJ but the powers that be decided to pigeon hole it after wasting our resources because they prefer the status quo

Afe Babalola is mad. He has been Obasanjo's personal lawyers for decades, why did he not make Obasanjo produce a Constitution that will solve Nigeria's problems caused by Afe Babalola's generation?

Nigeria problem is not the constitution.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu6lywgoaI0

Afe-Babalola,has said it all and that 1999 Constitution is a fraudulent document that declared 'we the People of Nigeria' .There is nothing like that as the people of the Region s never sat down on this document as many Lawyers have raised similar concern in the past.what happened then was General Abubakar was the Army appointed to see that June 12 died and to do it well,Obasanjo was forced on S/West to bring sanity and unite Nigeria.Today,how many Security Personnel are heads by the Regions leaders when the Constitution specifically said so!.Today,there can never be a State Creation because a lot of lacuna are hidden in the document called 1999 Constitution-for example,2/3 States of Federation must approve a State Creation!!!
It is not about Lugard that has since died and forgot Nigeria in his grave,even though,he was perpetuating a British Agenda.it is those who designed it and benefiting are on prow and are not ready to leave soon.Indomy Generation lacks history and are unable to perceive serious matters affecting their lives but lives and waste money,time and data on Porn videos as BBN.Too Shameful!!.
Was the Speaker not part of Govt Lawyer then,while are they just informing us now that some fundamental are missing in the project called Nigerian Constitution?.Too bad!!!!!!.

You knew this and you did not advise your good friend OBJ, when he was in power.

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SuperS1Panther:
You knew this and you did not advise your good friend OBJ, when he was in power.

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Shutup

The 1999 constitution is the main problem in our nation.
It has done absolute more harm than good.
Many of these criminals from 1999 up till now are all hiding behind many of the laws to steal and rape our nation treasury.
[b]The power of immunity has brought about millions of bad and negatives compare to the very few god aspect of it.
We hope our darling Daddy President Muhammadu Buhari makes a drastic change to this constitution before he leaves the office 4 years from now.

God bless Nigeria

Oreoluwaoye:
The 1999 constitution is the main problem in our nation.
It has done absolute more harm than good.
Many of these criminals from 1999 up till now are all hiding behind many of the laws to steal and rape our nation treasury.
[b]The power of immunity has brought about millions of bad and negatives compare to the very few god aspect of it.
We hope our darling Daddy President Muhammadu Buhari makes a drastic change to this constitution before he leaves the office 4 years from now.

God bless Nigeria

Besides this general and lazy criticism of the constitution, what are your specific objections to it? What role as a constitution did it fail at?

Bluntemperor:
Afe-Babalola,has said it all and that 1999 Constitution is a fraudulent document that declared 'we the People of Nigeria' .There is nothing like that as the people of the Region s never sat down on this document as many Lawyers have raised similar concern in the past.what happened then was General Abubakar was the Army appointed to see that June 12 died and to do it well,Obasanjo was forced on S/West to bring sanity and unite Nigeria.Today,how many Security Personnel are heads by the Regions leaders when the Constitution specifically said so!.Today,there can never be a State Creation because a lot of lacuna are hidden in the document called 1999 Constitution-for example,2/3 States of Federation must approve a State Creation!!!
It is not about Lugard that has since died and forgot Nigeria in his grave,even though,he was perpetuating a British Agenda.it is those who designed it and benefiting are on prow and are not ready to leave soon.Indomy Generation lacks history and are unable to perceive serious matters affecting their lives but lives and waste money,time and data on Porn videos as BBN.Too Shameful!!.
Was the Speaker not part of Govt Lawyer then,while are they just informing us now that some fundamental are missing in the project called Nigerian Constitution?.Too bad!!!!!!.

Is your problem with the way the constitution is written or by whom it is written by?