The pan Yoruba Socio-political association, Afenifere, has stated that the move to review the constitution by the Senate will not solve the myriad of challenges confronting Nigeria.

The group, which stated this on Thursday, emphasized that the constitution review was an exercise in futility.

According to the General Secretary of the group, Sola Ebiseni during an interview, 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.

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.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2021/05/27/constitution-review-will-not-solve-nigerias-problem-afenifere/

OK.

Just the poster above me :



.. OK na

If it's National Conference, you guys have to wait for 3years o

I have always said it, there's nothing wrong with nigerian constitution. Let's stop wasting time chasing shadows. Our real problems are greed and mismanagement. Is it governor's that have refused to pay common minimum wage that u now want to give power over police, aviation, mineral resources etc

Nigerians should wake up

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It won’t solve anything at all.

Because the lawmakers, especially southerners will not have the balls to insist that the things we really yearn for scales through.

And if it does, what’s the assurance that the idiot in Aso Rock will sign it?

Just unbundle this enclave biko.

What exactly do they want?

I wonder why we as a people have refused to face reality. The ongoing jamboree is just to buy time.

Nigeria needs division, so that every tribe/country will go and solve their problems.

blackpanda:
I have always said it, there's nothing wrong with nigerian constitution. Let's stop wasting time chasing shadows. Our real problems are greed and mismanagement. Is it governor's that have refused to pay common minimum wage that u now want to give power over police, aviation, mineral resources etc

Nigerians should wake up

You should rather wake up. You're obviously a mediocre.

To all you idiots who commented based on the title instead of reading the content, it literally said a brown new constitution and restructuring are needed.

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.

blackpanda:
I have always said it, there's nothing wrong with nigerian constitution. Let's stop wasting time chasing shadows. Our real problems are greed and mismanagement. Is it governor's that have refused to pay common minimum wage that u now want to give power over police, aviation, mineral resources etc

Nigerians should wake up

How would you know the constitution is our problem ..when you are still stuck in the stone age. And you are neither expose or inclined.

helinues:
What exactly do they want?

Full restructuring and true federalism, not some useless ammendments that will still put on in the same spot. Do u think they will want anything to touch the billions they get on monthly basis? But full restructuring will scrap that and put them on pay per seating. No humongous package. Ammendments will only twist part of the constitution to suit their tastes and favour their northern masters the more, we don't want that. Let every region develop with its resources.

Finally Eyes don dey open. Lol
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The exercise is truly another jamboree rigmarole expedition to buy time and continue in same endless circle. Nonsense and insulting our collective intelligence.
Anyone who thinks this exercise is out to solve any significant problem is a big fool.
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I think same thing too

blackpanda:
I have always said it, there's nothing wrong with nigerian constitution. Let's stop wasting time chasing shadows. Our real problems are greed and mismanagement. Is it governor's that have refused to pay common minimum wage that u now want to give power over police, aviation, mineral resources etc

Nigerians should wake up

Then keep quiet if u dont know what to say.
I guess u have not read that constitution,because if u have,u wont be writing gibberish.

Advice:
Any thing u dont know,always try and keep quiet. The same constitution was designed to corrupt people forcefully. I have never seen a constitution that arrogate so much powers to one man, it's never been like that in Russia let alone china. They must restructure this country so as to accommodate the future.

Very true

true federalism sound better

valentineuwakwe:

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2021/05/27/constitution-review-will-not-solve-nigerias-problem-afenifere/

Gbam I support them too.

Correct.

You know book so?

blackpanda:
I have always said it, there's nothing wrong with nigerian constitution. Let's stop wasting time chasing shadows. Our real problems are greed and mismanagement. Is it governor's that have refused to pay common minimum wage that u now want to give power over police, aviation, mineral resources etc

Nigerians should wake up

The restructuring will...for sure

Hamiltonii:


You should rather wake up. You're obviously a mediocre.

Why are you abusing that guy? What are your own points to counter his? It's people who don't have what to say that resort to abusing other people. The person you called a mediocre is 20 million times sounder than you.

blackpanda:
I have always said it, there's nothing wrong with nigerian constitution. Let's stop wasting time chasing shadows. Our real problems are greed and mismanagement. Is it governor's that have refused to pay common minimum wage that u now want to give power over police, aviation, mineral resources etc

Nigerians should wake up

Nothing wrong with this sham we call a constitution? Lol. The loopholes in the constitution is so exploited by the same people that made them so yeah something is wrong with it.

ibechris:




Then keep quiet if u dont know what to say.
I guess u have not read that constitution,because if u have,u wont be writing gibberish.

Advice:
Any thing u dont know,always try and keep quiet. The same constitution was designed to corrupt people forcefully. I have never seen a constitution that arrogate so much powers to one man, it's never been like that in Russia let alone china. They must restructure this country so as to accommodate the future.

You didn't understand the guy you are quoting. He agrees with Afenifere. It's not only 1999 constitution that arrogates too much power to one man. 1979 Constitution also did. The reason is that both constitutions were the products of the military.

From some of the comments above, I now understand why this old men in power take Nigerians for granted