“Rather than embark upon a wholesale amendment of the constitution, the country should learn from the failures of the previous efforts, and global best practices, and pursue incremental, constructive positive changes in the short to medium term.” Nigeria
Immediate past chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission , Prof. Attahiru M. Jega, has blamed the widening poverty in Nigeria on the shoulders of the country’s ruling class.
He maintained that the wealth of society should ideally be fairly distributed with equity and with equality of opportunity guaranteed, stressing that social justice is a fundamental requirement for the state in assigning rights and duties in the interest of the society. The keynote speaker stated that the struggle to acquire, protect and defend citizenship rights is linked to the general struggles for expansion of democratic space, for protection and defense of fundamental rights, for the right to live in peace and securely.
He said: “At the time Luggard created what we now know as the modern Nigerian ‘nation-state’, under colonial rule, through the infamous “amalgamation” of the two British “protectorates” in 1914, the inhabitants of the area were considered as “subjects” of the British Sovereign and they only commenced the technical transition from “subjects” to Nigerian citizens with political independence on 1st October...
As a way out, the Political Science professor recommended a constitutional amendment, which borrows a leaf from the 14th Amendment of the United States of America’s Constitution to address the question of Citizenship and Social Justice in Nigeria.
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