SECRET ASSENT TO 1999 CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS BY GENERAL BUHARI IS A HOOD WINK!

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SECRET ASSENT TO 1999 CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS BY GENERAL BUHARI IS A HOOD WINK!

[Allegory of Patched Tubes And Tubeless Tyres.]

"Majority of automobile tyres on Nigerian roads are tubeless. Gone are the days of roadside tubes patching. The world has moved on through scientific inventions that have made it possible to drive electric vehicles possibly with electrified tires in this present era of modern civilization. 

"The Military-crafted Nigerian 1999 Constitution represents the Tyre Tube with several PATCHES and the Legislators, the roadside VULCANIZERS who were ever ready to patch the controversial and obnoxious document every four-year duty tour because it is full of punctures which are convenient for both the Executive and the Legislature to keep patching since the exercises provided extra billions of naira in illicit transactions to execute!"

PAST PRESIDENTS REJECTED THE PATCHED TYRE TUBES!

Consecutive Presidents from 1999-2023 refused assent; rejected all amendments and described them as self-seeking and inordinate!

But very recently, and in the heat of the furore that greeted outcome of the February-March 2023 version of Nigeria's General Elections, the old soldier Major General President Muhammadu Buhari, stealthily and quietly signed 16 out of 35 Bills forwarded by the 9th National Assembly (NASS), in January 2023, at his Departure Lounge, to hoodwink the gullible and the uneducated but ended up to further damage his battered image!

The signed bills according to newspaper reports devolved more powers to the States in view of incessant agitation for devolution of power from the federal to the federating States to address true fiscal federalism.

According to the requirements of Section 9 of the Military Constitution at least 24 State Assemblies were required to approve the Bills before they could be forwarded to Mr. President for assent.

TYRE-PATCHING IS COSMETIC, WASTEFUL AND ARCHAIC - A BRAND NEW UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTION IN THE FORM OF A TUBELESS TYRE, IS THE PANACEA TO POPULAR AND STABLE GOVERNMENT!

And Whereas the major issues in contention and which had generated violent agitations since the 1966 Military coup de tat or rather since the end of the Biafra War had always been THE UNITARY  form of government which cowed Federating States to become subjugated to the Central government as in the vertical, unitary military form of government!

And which was further foisted through the 1999 bogus military constitution's Exclusive Legislative List that conferred absolute power and authority to the Federal Government with 68 items to subject the 36 States to permanent and abject poverty; and Whereas the Confederating States "lay the golden eggs"!

On Thursday 25th January 2018, KADUNA STATE GOVERNOR-LED COMMITTEE ON TRUE FEDERALISM submitted its very detailed Report to President Buhari IN THE SPIRIT OF DEVOLUTION OF POWER from the Centre to the States as follows:

1) RESOURCE CONTROL by all States.

2) STATE POLICE and STATE PRISONS to be run by all states of the federation in respect of certain crimes.

3) INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY which should be enjoyed if such candidate was not a member of any political party, SIX MONTHS prior to any election.

4) CONSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY for the 774 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS to be free to legislate freely and create any number of councils as they so desired.

5) Foods, Drugs and Poison to be moved to the Concurrent List so that States could constitutionally legislate on those items while narcotics, psychotropic substances will remain on the Exclusive List.

6) Labor issues, trade unions, industrial relations, safety/welfare, disputes/ minimum wages/industrial arbitration should be handled by both States/Federal Government who should enjoy independent legislation.

7) Mines and minerals, oil fields and mining, geological surveys and natural gas that are ONSHORE should be vested in all states of the federation while all OFFSHORE shall remain vested in the government of the federation.

8) Registration of Business Names should be on the Concurrent List for companies to choose their areas of operations; State or nationwide.

9) Collection of Stamp Duties was also recommended to be moved to the Concurrent List for the States to collect duties from individual and small businesses while Federal Government collects duties from limited liability companies. 

10) ISSUE OF CITIZENSHIP, LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE OF ORIGIN which had hitherto been discriminatory should be replaced with STATE OF RESIDENCE through a proposed amendment to the FEDERAL CHARACTER COMMISSION ACT to allow people domicile in a place to be considered as INDIGENES of such place.

It is very obvious that Legislators of NASS took a queue from  Governor El-Rufai's Committee's Report to arrive at the deductions which were eventually forwarded the States for CONCURRENCE, but unfortunately the fundamental objectives have been defeated through the CLANDESTINE approval of Bills which would FOREVER be difficult to implement!

A. For instance, how would the Fifth Alteration (No.17) Bill which sought to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to allow States to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity in areas covered by the national grid; and for related matters be IMPLEMENTED WHEN such States could not source funds even to pay the monthly NGN30,000 naira national minimum wage for their workers; could not establish modern health/facilities or institutions, good roads, qualitative education, decent accommodations etc, for its population?

B. How would Federating States that lack modern scientific and ICT infrastructures to handle naturally-endowed agrarian/pastoral opportunities, generate sufficient INTERNAL REVENUES to supply ELECTRICITY within their territorial boundaries?

C. Can cash-strapped States establish individual CASH-INTENSIVE RAILWAY SYSTEMS.

The Fifth Alterations Nos.1-5 assented to by President Buhari dealt with CHANGE OF NAMES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS; 

No.8 sought to regulate the first session and inauguration of members-elect of the National and State Houses of Assembly; No. 9. sought to delete the reference to the provisions of the criminal code, penal code, criminal procedure act, criminal procedure code, or evidence act while No. 10 sought to exclude period of intervening events in the computation of time for determining pre-election petitions, election petitions and appeals while No.12 sought to provide for the post-call qualification of the Secretary of National Judicial Council;

No.15 sought to delete the item "prisons" in the Exclusive Legislative List and re-designate it as "Correctional Services" in the Concurrent Legislative List while No.16 sought to move the item "railways" from the Exclusive Legislative Session List to the Concurrent Legislative list and for related matters!

Bill No. 23 required the President and Governors to submit the names of persons nominated as Ministers or Commissioners within sixty days of taking the oath of office for confirmation by the Senate or State Houses of Assembly while No. 32 sought to correct the error in the definition of the boundary of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Andy Bill No. 34 required government to direct his policy towards ensuring the right to food and food security in Nigeria and for related matters etc, etc.

GOVERNOR NASRI  EL RUFAI'S COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION IS A PROTOTYPE OF NECESSARY INGREDIENTS FOR A UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUTION!

Retired Major General Buhari did not approve the request of the masses of the CITIZENS OF NIGERIA FOR (A) RESOURCE CONTROL, (B) STATE POLICE, (3) INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY, (4) MINES AND MINERALS, OIL FIELDS AND MINING, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND NATURAL GAS THAT ARE  ON SHORE TO BE VESTED IN ALL STATES OF THE FEDERATION; because he has never been a REFORMED DEMOCRAT  AS CLAIMED IN SEVERAL INTERVIEWS!

Nigeria needs a fresh air of freedom from feudalism, oligarchy, nepotism, tribalism and despotism! 

In eight years of martial administration Buhari has no legacy to bequeath to Nigerians!

As soon as 'Bola Tinubu comes on board, it behoves on him to put into motion the establishment of a UNICAMERAL PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THROUGH REFERENDUM WITHIN SIX MONTHS ACCORDING TO DIVINE APPOINTMENT!

Nigerians deserve peace, tranquility, joy, happiness, security of their lives and property in a country which is their ancestral home and nobody must deny them of their inalienable rights.

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

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