Discordant reactions yesterday trailed the move by the Senate to review the nation’s constitution. Senate Constitution ConstitutionReview Nigeria
a 56-member panel made up of seven principal officers as a steering committee for the constitution review, with one senator each from the 36 states and two each representing the six geopolitical zones.
But Lawan said: “Because you have come under order 43, this is for our information. The membership is not strictly based on political parties. At the beginning, I said each state would be represented by a senator each and then each geopolitical zone would have zonal representation. So it is not based on political parties but your point of order is well taken.”
“Let those who wish to research or understand this assertion look up Section 14 of the so-called 1999 Constitution, which states that ‘Sovereignty belongs to the people, from whom government, through this constitution, derives all its powers and authority.’ “Let it also be made clear that whatever the 9th Assembly does in the so-called constitution review they are initiating will go down with the 1999 Constitution when it is rejected on the streets by the constituent components of Nigeria currently choking under it.”
According to him, the Senate ought to know that constitutional amendment is not what Nigerians want at this point but fundamental restructuring. Similarly, a constitutional lawyer and author, Chief Sebastian Hon said the review of the constitution could, in fact, amount to restructuring.
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