The Chancellor, Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), said the 1999 Constitution under which the 2023 polls will be held cannot produce new leaders with new ideas.
“I have no sympathy for any Nigerian who is aspiring to rule Nigeria in any form, whether as a legislator, governor, or president. However, the fact remains that the 1999 Constitution, in large measure, is the root cause of the economic, social, political, and religious problems in the country today. Nigeria has gone down to a ridiculous position with the notorious rating of the “poverty capital of the world.
“In my address to the press on April 18, 2022, I urged the Federal Government to suspend the 2023 election. The suggestion was made pursuant to Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution.” Babalola said without compromising due process, “All that the National Assembly needs to do is propose an Act to amend the present constitution by substituting the 1960 and 1963 constitutions for the 1999 Constitution and also to establish an interim national government pending the making of a new constitution.
“The huge external debt of N42.84tn, increasing cases of killing, kidnapping, mismanagement of public funds, unemployment, strikes, poor allocation of funds for education in federal institutions, double-digit inflation.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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