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A bill seeking a return to a regional system of government for Nigeria will be transmitted to President Bola Tinubu next week, Saturday PUNCH has exclusively gathered.

Recall that the House of Representatives last week disowned the draft bill which circulated widely on the internet.

Titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria’, the bill seeks among others, new extant laws to be cited as “The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria New Governance Model for Nigeria Act 2024.”

The preliminaries of the bill read in part, “Whereas Nigeria, its peoples and government have been governed under Decree 24 of 1999 that was handed down by the then military government without the express consent of the people despite the preamble of ‘We, the people.’

“Whereas the said Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) is not autochthonous as it does not evolve from the deliberations and consensus of the Nigerian People; whereas the peoples of Nigeria now desire and effectively demand for a change to a constitution based on federal/regional system of government.

“Whereas the federal and regional governments are to operate within the provisions of this Constitution, it is within the discretion of the ethnic blocs within the states that constitutes a given region to aggregate or disaggregate as provinces, divisions and districts, while being in control of their affairs without let or hindrance at whatever level of governance.”

Following enquiries, the House disowned the bill as the duo of the House spokesman, Akin Rotimi and the Chairman, Rules and Business, Francis Waive said the proposed legislationl was not before committee for deliberation.

However, the drafter of the private bill, Dr Akin Fapohunda, who had earlier hinted our correspondent of his intent to interface with members of the National Assembly ahead of the transmission of the bill to the parliament, on Friday, said he had chosen to send the proposed law to President Tinubu, who may in turn present same to the parliament as executive bill.

"3.2 Basis of the Federation: "(1) Every Ethnic Nationality and People in Nigeria has an unconditional right to self-determination within here delineated territories.

Arobaga:
If Tinubu do this one I’ll love him forever






Make Rivers state resources be only for Rivers state and small cut for FG

FourQu:
Good news 👏 everyone must be free. Lagos too must be free. No more relinquishing their birth rights (government house) to other so called 'attache by force' lagos residents

As there is a south-south so shall there be a west-west and north-north . . .

I will wait and see how or where they want to create the east-east from

JohnnA1:
LEAVE LAGOS ALONE!

Lagos IS YORUBALAND whether you Igbos like it or not.

Curb your COVETOUSNESS, and face your region.

#RestructureNigeria

JohnnA1:
LEAVE LAGOS ALONE!

Lagos IS YORUBALAND whether you Igbos like it or not.

Curb your COVETOUSNESS, and face your region.

#RestructureNigeria

Racoon:
Hehehe! Nice one! After all Tinubu and all his cohorts in the ACN and APC was staunch advocates of restructuring back to regionalism back then. This is one of the reason the refused to attend the 2014 confab. Now the time beckons.

The gradual deconstruction of this contraption of an entity is gradually unfolding. Guess Shettima that said "restructuring my foot" will not be angry now? Meanwhile, thought the NASS and the Tinubu led presidency all vehemently denied that there is no plan to return to regional government?

Arobaga:
If Tinubu do this one I’ll love him forever






Make Rivers state resources be only for Rivers state and small cut for FG

EcoBrick:
https://punchng.com/tinubu-gets-bill-on-regional-govt-next-week/




Mynd44
Fergie001

Mindlog:
Regional government is best.....look inward and develop at your pace.

mrvitalis:
If Tinubu does this then he would be regarded as greater than zik across Igbo land

We would muld his image across all round about in South East

JohnnA1:
EXACTLY!

With resource cut to the Federal purse.