What are your suggestions for the 1999 constitution review. What is your opinion on the clamour for creation of more states? Do we need more states or the development of the ones on ground already? Does Nigeria have enough money to spend on wages, allowances & security votes of new state governors and new state house of assembly members? What of the single-tenure regime, what's your take? Sincere contributions are highly welcome please.

Nna make we finish with boko haram first jare.... Wetin concern person wey dey try save him head wit constitution?

1.Scrapping of local govt.

2.Review of criminal laws

3.Creation of state police with limited powers

4.Scrapping of d federal quota nonsense

5.Total review of indigene/settlership dichotomy

6.Total unbunldling of fed Agencies,like Min of health,education,road,justice. E.g all primary nd post primary educatn,health care should be handed over to state.

7.Creation of additional one state for d southeast

8.Review of tax laws;states should be empowered to collect all taxes hitherto collected by abuja

9.Designation of d haramites as a terrorist org.

MAY GOD HELP 9JA

adopt 1995 draft constitution

1.) Reduce the size of government by limiting the number of ministries to 10 and scrapping that Minister of State nonsense cus theres a permanent secretary for that.
2.) Dissolve some states into one. Like the North should get 4 states and the South should get 4 states.
3.) Make the states as we know it now into local governments.
4.) Reduce the size of government by capping the number of state ministries to 7 and reducing the number of permanent secretaries appointed.
5.) Making the governors less powerful by any means necessary.
6.) Introduce an ACT that makes it possible to recall ANY elected official. Especially governors and LGA chairs.
7.) Introduce an ACT that authorizes states to set up and run their own police department because the states know their terrain more than some bureaucrat in Abuja.
8.) Introduce an ACT abolishing the current salary structure of gov officials and capping recurrent expenditure at 30%

swaggerific: 1.) Reduce the size of government by limiting the number of ministries to 10 and scrapping that Minister of State nonsense cus theres a permanent secretary for that.
2.) Dissolve some states into one. Like the North should get 4 states and the South should get 4 states.
3.) Make the states as we know it now into local governments.
4.) Reduce the size of government by capping the number of state ministries to 7 and reducing the number of permanent secretaries appointed.
5.) Making the governors less powerful by any means necessary.
6.) Introduce an ACT that makes it possible to recall ANY elected official. Especially governors and LGA chairs.
7.) Introduce an ACT that authorizes states to set up and run their own police department because the states know their terrain more than some bureaucrat in Abuja.
8.) Introduce an ACT abolishing the current salary structure of gov officials and capping recurrent expenditure at 30%

You must be a big fool to open your stinking mouth to talk about what you do even have common knowledge of. People like if given the opportunity will take us 60 years back... God forbid... With your stupid and senseless suggestions, people like can't even take care of their home talkless of providing solution to way forward

Very nice!

Nice contributions so far. Fellow nairalanders keep d suggestions coming! We must air our views! We must be heard! The Constitution belongs to all of us!

OgeJesus:

You must be a big fool to open your stinking mouth to talk about what you do even have common knowledge of. People like if given the opportunity will take us 60 years back... God forbid... With your stupid and senseless suggestions, people like can't even take care of their home talkless of providing solution to way forward

Dude...this is just my opinion. Tell me how any of these proposals would set Nigeria back 60 years? The point I'm trying to drive accross is that we need to reduce the cost of governance and salaries of people in government.

As we can see, the constitution review process is back again. Therefore, let the suggestions keep coming...

My contributions to the new constitution are :

1. Review of the structure of Federalism we practice. We don't need to let regions become autonomous when we can let them control their resources only to pay taxes to the central govt. Nigeria's federal system as practiced now empowers the central govt in such a way that it can hold all the states to ransom. Currently, all states are not prosperous nor towing the line of prosperity, so arguing that fiscal federalism and resource control will put some states at a higher financial advantage over others is baseless.

2. The downsizing of the NPF to a manageable body of well-educated, well trained, highly equipped Federal Police Dept. to monitor homeland security and work hand in hand with the state police depts. As all states should be allowed to have their own police. State governors or fed reps can make use of the fed police while visitn oppositing-party ruled states to avoid intimidation.

3. Removal of the immunity clause.

4. Review of Criminal Laws. Why should terrorist not be hanged. Why should drug traffickers, armed robbers get mere sentences. Our judiciary also need reforms to enhance speedy processes.

5. Creation of a strong Intelligence Agency. This shall be a combination of the ICPC, EFCC to fight not just corruption alone but feed the Fed Police with Intel.

6. The reduction of the appointment powers of the president (why should he have the final say on appointment CJN, PAC, EFCC, INEC, the POLICE etc) Then he himself can sabotage the existence of the state.

7. Option 1. Will systematically downsize the Fed Govt. Because there will be less money to joke with at the central. And politicians will find State politics more attractive.

8. The federal government should not have any business to do with road construction, primary nor secondary education.

9. The business of the fed govt should just be on electoral processes, national security for the continuity of the existence of the state, issues affecting currencies, imports and exports, immigration, foreign policies, social security, massive employment creation, regulation of the private sector. Etc.

Just my thoughts.

ijigbamigb: My contributions to the new constitution are :

1. Review of the structure of Federalism we practice. We don't need to let regions become autonomous when we can let them control their resources only to pay taxes to the central govt. Nigeria's federal system as practiced now empowers the central govt in such a way that it can hold all the states to ransom. Currently, all states are not prosperous nor towing the line of prosperity, so arguing that fiscal federalism and resource control will put some states at a higher financial advantage over others is baseless.

2. The downsizing of the NPF to a manageable body of well-educated, well trained, highly equipped Federal Police Dept. to monitor homeland security and work hand in hand with the state police depts. As all states should be allowed to have their own police. State governors or fed reps can make use of the fed police while visitn oppositing-party ruled states to avoid intimidation.

3. Removal of the immunity clause.

4. Review of Criminal Laws. Why should terrorist not be hanged. Why should drug traffickers, armed robbers get mere sentences. Our judiciary also need reforms to enhance speedy processes.

5. Creation of a strong Intelligence Agency. This shall be a combination of the ICPC, EFCC to fight not just corruption alone but feed the Fed Police with Intel.

6. The reduction of the appointment powers of the president (why should he have the final say on appointment CJN, PAC, EFCC, INEC, the POLICE etc) Then he himself can sabotage the existence of the state.

7. Option 1. Will systematically downsize the Fed Govt. Because there will be less money to joke with at the central. And politicians will find State politics more attractive.

8. The federal government should not have any business to do with road construction, primary nor secondary education.

9. The business of the fed govt should just be on electoral processes, national security for the continuity of the existence of the state, issues affecting currencies, imports and exports, immigration, foreign policies, social security, massive employment creation, regulation of the private sector. Etc.

Just my thoughts.

Very good suggestions...but removing that immunity clause will definitely backfire big time. Government officials would spend more time in court defending themselves than leading. President and Governors only should get those immunity clauses