Time to dump 1999 Constitution - Punch Newspapers

The half-hearted Constitutional Review train that deceitful members of the Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives took round the nation was a hoodwink after all. And Senator Oluremi “Madam” Tinubu, who couldn’t contain a mild interruption by her aggrieved constituents, caused a stir at the sitting of the Senate Committee public hearing in Lagos.

But seriously, it’s indeed time to retire the 1999 Nigerian Constitution, a military decree signed by a serving General – Abdusalami Abubakar – of the Nigerian Army, that has gone past its sell-by date. Proof of this claim is in the prologue to the constitution, which reads in part: This, in the English language, would roughly translate to placing an aberration atop another aberration. According to Chambers English Dictionary, an aberration is “a deviation from the usual, normal, or right.” Curiously, the Dictionary adds: “a wandering of the intellect, mental lapse!”

For emphasis, Section 1 adds: “If any law is inconsistent with the provisions of this Constitution, this Constitution shall prevail, and that other law shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.” And if this is no longer feasible because of new realities, Nigerians, civilians and the military, in their capacities as citizens, should be encouraged to work out a new constitutional arrangement of, by, and for themselves.

It won't favour the North. The will be feeling jittery at the sound of such news

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