IS SENATOR OMO-AGEGE THE BIBLICAL DELIVERER CALLED MOSES?

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IS SENATOR OMO-AGEGE THE BIBLICAL DELIVERER CALLED MOSES? 

A Nigerian Writer has likened the incumbent Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege to the biblical Moses who was raised by God to liberate the children of Israel who were in bondage in the land of Egypt! 

He claimed that the Urhobo-born All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator, representing Delta Central and the ruling party’s South-South leader is “a truly good fighter, a large-hearted detribalized and compassionate man”!

In further accolades, he was described as a “sharp, inquisitive, versatile person who loves humanity and shuns primordial sentiments of ethnicity, religion, and not gender biased!   

Well said but We wonder whether Senator Omo-Agege was the same person who on 4th June, 2022, at a National Public Hearing on the Alteration to the Provisions of the 1999 Constitution in Abuja, said that it would be unconstitutional to embark on any process to provide an entirely new law without an alteration to Section 9 of the said Constitution when the DEMAND FOR A BRAND NEW CONSTITUTION THROUGH REFERENDUM TOOK CENTER STAGE?

1) He deliberately began an argument in respect of Section 9 of the Constitution which states that an alteration could not be passed in either House of the National Assembly unless the proposal is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of all members of that House and approved by resolution of the House of Assembly of not less than two-thirds of all the States.

2) Senator Omo-Agege’s brickwall also brought into the fore similar steps to effect alterations to Section 8 which deals with new States Creation, Boundary Adjustments and New Local Governments and Chapter IV which deals with Fundamental Rights, which “shall not be passed by either House unless the proposal is approved by the votes of not less than four-fifths majority of all the members of each House, and also approved by resolution of the Houses of Assembly of not less than two-thirds of all the States.

3) And yet one more huddle! For the purposes of  Section 8 and of subsections (2)(3) of Section 9, the number of members of each House of the National Assembly shall, notwithstanding any vacancy, be deemed to be the number of members specified in sections 48 and 49 of the Constitution which stipulate the numerical strength of each House at 109 and 360 members respectively.

OBI EZEKWESILI’S REQUEST FOR BRAND NEW CONSTITUTION THROUGH REFERENDUM!

Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Obi Ezekwesili insisted at the hearing that Referendum was the only means to produce a brand new constitution which would address all socio-political challenges in the country!

But Senator Omo-Agege’s indisposition to the subject matter had dampened the popular clamor for the application of REFERENDUM to peacefully resolve all contentious arguments in respect of TRUE FEDERALISM AND RESTRUCTURING OF THE NIGERIAN PROJECT.

NASS “DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY” FOR VICE PRESIDENT JONATHAN SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO REFERENDUM FOR RESTRUCTURING NIGERIA!

In an unfolding drama on Tuesday 9th February, 2010, the National Assembly (NASS), by introducing “doctrine of necessity”, empowered Vice President Ebele Jonathan to act as President of Nigeria in order to douse a very delicate and sensitive situation that could snowballed to a national incendiary and it was so resolved!

Late President Umaru ‘Yar Adua failed to transmit a letter to NASS and hand over to his Vice (according to Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution), while away on medical treatment abroad from 25th November 23, 2009!

That exemplary decision stood out the 6th NASS as a very patriotic body of lawmakers who loved the people more than the lucre of office because the 1999 Constitution DID NOT MAKE PROVISION FOR THE POLITICAL SOLUTION OF DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY!

This terminology which means the justification and application of “an illegality as a legal procedure to justify a very-much desired necessity” had been successful applied in other countries! In the case of Vice President Jonathan, he was the bona-fide deputy to fill the temporarily vacant seat of his principal who failed to do the needful as stated in the preceding paragraph and eventually passed on in a foreign country!

CONSTITUTIONAL SOVEREIGNTY TO THE PEOPLE!  

Section 14. [The Government and the people] – (1) The Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be a State based on the principles of democracy and social justice.

(2) It is hereby, accordingly, declared that-

 (a) SOVEREIGNTY (ultimate, absolute power) belongs to the people of Nigeria from whom government through this Constitution derives all its powers and authority:

(b) The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of Government; and

(c) The participation by the people in their government shall be ensured in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution.

COMMENT: According to Section 14 (2)(a) SOVEREIGNTY in political theory is the ultimate overseer or authority, in the decision making process of a State and in the maintenance of order. This ultimate power belongs to the PEOPLE OF NIGERIA whom the military had reduced to PAPER TIGERS in their country through a forged document which is completely alien to the people!

QUESTION: If some of the people felt marginalized or short-changed in any aspect of governance and request for a popular referendum to quickly put the issue to test and resolve it, should any other political consideration whether present or absent in the Constitution take precedence over SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE? And yet the same Constitution says government derives all its powers and authority from sovereignty of the people! Has contradiction not popped up in this narrative?

There is no confusion in the assertion – the truth is that most Nigerian politicians are dubious, crafty and very insincere when large sums of illicit funds could accrue to them in the process of manipulation of the letters of the Constitution!

REFERENDUM could be applied to decide any matter pending before the executive, the legislature or from among the people before it is given consent of the law in order to avoid break down of law and order!

BREXIT – Britain’s approach to exiting membership of the European Union (EU), in 2016 took TWO REFERENDA and the resignation of British Prime Minister David Cameron to decide! Was that not democracy in action?

RESTRUCTURING in Nigeria should be decided through referendum along a revisit to (1) Recommendations of APC’s Committee On Restructuring Of Nigeria Chaired by Governor Nasir El Rufai and submitted to President Major General Muhammadu Buhari since  January 2018 (now FOUR years on his table); (2) 2014 National Conference Recommendations and (3) A refurbished 1963 Republican Parliamentary Constitution that would go a very long way to pacify and satisfy all tribes and tongues in a manner to sustain permanent peace, equity, fairness, justice etc!

DEPUTY SENATE PRESIDENT OVIE OMO-AGEGE [APC, DELTA CENTRAL], IS A FRIEND OF THE GENERAL!

Senator Omo-Agege, a very close ally of President Major Muhammadu Buhari, who became a house-hold name since 18th April, 2018, through the RED CHAMBER MACE ROBBERY SAGA, does not believe in the RESTRUCTURING OF NIGERIA THROUGH REFERENDUM which will fast-track all contentious issues as mentioned in earlier paragraphs! 

In the 8th National Assembly (NASS), Omo-Agege, was arrow head of “Parliamentary Support Group in Senate for President Muhammadu Buhari, which backed the President for withholding assent to the Electoral Act Time Table as amended by Saraki-led Senate for the 2019 Presidential election to come last instead of first according to INEC; with a view to unseating the incumbent!  It is strongly believed that Omo-Agege was suspended for 90 Legislative days by Saraki for upsetting his strategy and that in a swift re-action of power play, he (Omo-Agege organized thugs to forcefully remove the MACE – symbol of authority from the Red Chambers on 18th April, 2018) – but he vehemently denied the accusation and was never prosecuted in any court of law until the demise of NASS 8th Assembly!

WILL THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPONSOR THE BILL FOR REFERENDUM AS BEING DEMANDED BY THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA WHO POSSESS SOVEREIGNTY?

 

If Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege is truly the biblical Moses, there could be no better time than NOW to tell his principal President Major General Buhari that this is the right time to bend to the demands of the SOVEREIGN PEOPLE OF NIGERIA for popular referenda to iron out all the grey areas of contentions restructuring and place Nigeria once again on the pedestal as the true Economic Giant of Africa!

The only MIRACLE for peace and stability for Nigeria in conducting the 2023 General Elections is through a brand new Unicameral Parliamentary Constitution that will produce a PRIME MINISTER for the New Nigeria of our dreams!  “A stitch in time saves nine!”

[WATCH OUT FOR A NIGERIAN PRIME MINISTER – NOT A PRESIDENT IN 2023!]

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