benardtotti:


You are indeed daft , last administration apc presented constitution review and it was handled until it was passed to the 36 states assembly to also endorse , that was where it stalled , it did not stall at the national assembly cos apc had a majority vote. Try and study to show yourself approved as the Holy book will say.

DMerciful:
To organize confab and implement within 4yrs isnt easy esp with the hatred towards the president because he is from a minority nationality.

Anyways, why can't APC organize a constitutional conference instead of a committee report which does not represent the different nationalities?

TopBanter:


More rubbish as usual from a detractor trying to keep his fire of bias against others burning.

If the solutions are identified then why another dumb jamboree instead of the ruling Party just using it’s political leadership and influence , in the legislative and executive arm of Nigerian governance, to directly tackle constitutional amendments to then reach implementation stage without delay and before Nigeria collapes?.

Every averagely intelligent Nigerian knows that Nigeria cannot work , regardless of the contribution of even the most talented President, if comprehensive restructuring of our governance system is not introduced asap.

Only detractors throw up inconsequential and trifling details. Progressive people prefer all delay be eliminated so implement stage, that drives solutions, is reached without delay regardless of who delivers it

No constitutional conference is needed. This is how we waste money and achieve nothing. APC is in power and has legislative majority and superior coercive/bargaining power as head of executive arm.

Let the Party use that power and advantage to immediately implements solutions that have been identified as far back as the 1970s instead of engaging in retrogressive practice, as you suggest, that have ensured long-identified solutions have never been implemented.

TopBanter:


Even what is universally agreed as a solution petty and ethnocentric people like you must argue about because you see individuals ( GEJ not Tinubu) rather than ideas i.e the implementation of comprehensive restructuring asap regardless of what or whose submission is used to achieve it.

It is as if attachment to clan, ethnicity, religion or sectional affiliation blind you to what is obvious which is that solutions, that stops Nigeria failing, must be brought in ASAP. If APC wish to use the El Rufai committee submissions then so be it.

A progressive person knows that APC are in power and want to be perceived as providers of solutions. Natural they will not want to do PDP any favours.

They will use El Rufai's committee finding to claim glory but that should not bother any progressive Nigerian because they are simply seeking solutions and are not politicians quibbling over political bragging rights. Really tiring sharing a nation with your sort.

DMerciful:
You're using to many meaningless words. Negotiated resolutions of the confab by the ethnic nationalities will be more acceptable than few men in a room deciding for entire country

richiemcgold:


Now you're changing tunes
Why didn't you state all these earlier, before running mouth like a parrot.
FYI, it is not only the 36 states' assembly that make input. It encompasses everybody - - NGOs, religious bodies, civil societies, professionals, traditional institutions and many others. You can take a cue from the recent electoral amendment bill - - My organisation was part of that process and we made our inputs despite the fact that we are apolitical.
See, I'm not gonna reply you again because you're too ignorant to be engaged in this kind of discourse. But bear it in mind that you actually know nothing. Bye.

TopBanter:


Garbage as usual. Restructuring, resource control, state policing etal are simple enough concepts to shape to regional peculiarities if signed into law.

No need for any confab hosting "ethnic nationalies" POV that is a patent waste of time.

You're just confusing yourself because like the average Igbo and Obidient, dissenting first with anything the government of "Yoruba people" suggest is default modus operandi for you rather than just backing what is best for the delivery of solutions for all Nigerians.

Let the APC government deliver Restructuring, resource control, greater regional autonomy etal. Serious regions, desirous of progress, can take it from there while you and your ilk continue talking about confab and other asinine issues.

DMerciful:
They can use the 2014 confab because it was well convocated vs a committee report that will be rejected by majority of Nigerians

TopBanter:


"Rejected by majority of Nigerians" indeed. The legislators are representatives of Nigerian people by constituency. They can legally represent their people at any constitutional ammendment deliberation with their input deemed to be that of the people they represent.

Nigerians have no power to reject majority ruling of the legislators. This is why you hardly witness dispute once NASS ratify a bill and pass such into law

Stop hiding behind bullcrap in an attempt to disguise the fact you are just a mischievous detractor not interested in progress under a Yoruba President.

Were this to be under an Obi LP government you'd be fully behind the President's Party using it's own committe report as guidance for the implementation of restructuring.

richiemcgold:


Now you're changing tunes
Why didn't you state all these earlier, before running mouth like a parrot.
FYI, it is not only the 36 states' assembly that make input. It encompasses everybody - - NGOs, religious bodies, civil societies, professionals, traditional institutions and many others. You can take a cue from the recent electoral amendment bill - - My organisation was part of that process and we made our inputs despite the fact that we are apolitical.
See, I'm not gonna reply you again because you're too ignorant to be engaged in this kind of discourse. But bear it in mind that you actually know nothing. Bye.

DMerciful:
Obj who remains my best president ever is a Yoruba man so you're talking nonsense!

The national Assembly is filled with election riggers so they lack legitimacy. They derive their powers from the 1999 constitution which is a fraudulent document because there was never a referendum to adopt the military imposed 1999 constitution.

Remember that the military regimes were illegitimate.

The confab of 2014 or a new constitutional conference that should actually be sovereign.

You want us to do half measures and start agitating after 2yrs?

TopBanter:


I stopped reading beyond the part in bold in your post because it shows you are not a mature and pragmatic adult able to work with reality instead of sentiments, personalised emotions and biases.

Do our legislators lack legitimacy in the eyes of the law or because you, a highly sentimental chap who cannot defer to reality, says so?

However the legislators got to their position, they are today empowered to make laws on behalf of Nigeria.

Anyone who does not accept this should discuss with kids not adults.

Godfullsam:
True federalism is the best way to go..

It will greatly reduce cost of governance

It will remove concentration of power at the center.

It will give people sense of belonging

richiemcgold:


There was nothing in Jonathan's report, it was about creating more states.
Your argument sounds too flimsy to me. Jonathan's report can also be presented to the national assembly by the presidency. You can't abandon a report put together by participants from all parts of the country for a so-called report put together by El Rufai and his ilks.

ogaontop:
Tinubu should be very smart in doing this, many of these governors are more power-intoxicated than the president himself, and they are always ready to battle the centre!

ijustdey:


https://dailytrust.com/apc-mulls-implementation-of-el-rufai-cttees-report-on-true-federalism/

DMerciful:
To[b] organize confab and implement within 4yrs isnt easy esp with the hatred towards the president because he is from a minority nationality.
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Anyways, why can't APC organize a constitutional conference instead of a committee report which does not represent the different nationalities?

frankson1:




My comments have been very clear and simple.

Is there any other meaning to Federalism: state policing, states resource control or restructuring that was discussed in the CONFAB that is different from the El Rufai's committee

If they all mean the same thing then there shouldn't be any fuss about it. If it's implemented, it won't matter which report was used as it would lead to the same results.

Even when GMB tried giving autonomy to LGAs and House of Assembly, he was still being criticized by some people.

WE DO NOT HAVE TO CRITICIZE EVERYTHING.