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‘President constitutionally required to prioritise citizens’ happiness’
“Section 16 of the constitution of Nigeria, which deals with fundamental objectives and principles of state polity, says the primary purpose of government shall be the welfare, security and happiness of the people. It is only a government or a ruler that is able to provide these things that can lay claim to effective governance of Nigeria and not otherwise.”
“He did not say the reason he has not carried out what he told the public he was going to do. So, I think it is always important that there is communication. If there are challenges based on what he said he was going to do, it is important to communicate back to Nigerians,” the legislative reform advocate noted.
“I think development happened when democracy came and so many things have been misunderstood and turned upside down; so there is a need to bring some level of sanity to the way public assets are used in Nigeria. In so many countries where democracy is practised, you don’t actually see this way in which our officials are taking public facilities as their personal facilities.
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