How I stopped Jonathan from signing controversial constitutional amendment — Ex-AGF Adoke
But for his defiant stance to block amendments already signed by ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria would have ended up with a “tyranny of the legislature”, former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, claims.
One of the more controversial provisions which drew public ire at the time was immunity for lawmakers and life pension for presiding officers of the two chambers of the National Assembly. Mr Adoke said he took it as a duty to save the country from what he described as “calamity”, saying the amendments were fraught with irregularities and done without due process.The former minister said he rushed to see Mr Jonathan and pointed out the implications of the amendments to power configurations in the country.“Some of the provisions, in my humble view, were purely self-serving,” Mr Adoke wrote.
Other provisions the former minister identified as “self-serving” are clauses making presiding officers of the National Assembly as life members of the National Council of State and providing life pension for them. Another clause sought to confer immunity on members of the legislative arm. “Nor had he averted his mind to some of the far-reaching implications that the amendments connoted, such as the bifurcation of the AGF and Ministry of Justice portfolio.
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