Yinka:
When you wrote that "The parliament repealed the Independence Constitution of 1960 in 1963 for the Republican Constitution to take effect", you are exactly right.
Not only did the 1960-Constitution-derived Parliament repeal the 1960 Constitution and replace it with the 1963 Constitution, it even WROTE in the names of Azikiwe, Kashim Ibrahim, Akanu Ibiam and Odeleye Fadahunsi as the elected President of the Republic, and appointed Governors of Northern Region, Eastern Region and Western Region respectively, and made provision for the appointment, by the President, of the first Governor of the Midwestern Region....see excerpts below.
So those who worry about serving their tenures out need not worry - their names can also be written into the new Peoples Constitution: there is precedence for that! :-)
The National Assembly members should register their interests, concerns, etc. like every other person or groups in the country. Once all have spoken, and Referendum items tabled and voted on, enacting the Constitution as a Law should be a mere formality, not to be tinkered with by either the NASS or the President..see my suggested Nine-Month Program below.
And there you have it.
Bolaji Aluko
Appendix
1. Suggested Nine Month Program of Modalities of National Conference and New Nigerian Constitution
2. The 1963 Constitution:
3. Excerpts of the 1963 Constitution:
Transitional Provisions of the 1963 Nigerian Constitution
Kashim Ibrahim as Governor of Northern Region
Akanu Ibiam as Governor of Eastern Region
Odeleye Fadahunsi as Governor of Western Region
Appointment of First Governor of Midwestern Region
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 2:20 AM, <yodumakin51@gmail.com> wrote:
Baba Adeboye:Power concedes nothing that is not demanded.The genuine forces of restructuring of Nigeria must not accept anything less that what Okurounmu has said.We are for a National Conference with sovereign powers.The sovereignty of this conference lies in that the decisions can only be at a referendum and not by the NASS.The president shall forward the draft constitution from the confab to NASS and their role is only to repeal Decree 24 of 1999 so that he existing constitution becomes a nullify.The parliament repealed the Independence Constitution of 1960 in 1963 for the Republican Constitution to take effect.We shall accept no less!Yinka.Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
SCEPTICS of the proposed national conference on the intention of the authorities may need to have a rethink, as the chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the conference, Dr Femi Okurounmu, has said the report will be subjected to a referendum.
In an exclusive interview with Nigerian Tribune, he allayed the fears being expressed in certain quarters because the authorities had not proclaimed a sovereign status for the conference designed for Nigerians to fashion out how they could strengthen the nation's unity.According to Okurounmu, who was a Senator between 1999 and 2003, the overall objective of the current exercise would have been achieved once the decisions of the people are respected after the conference.His words, "It is not the name that matters; a name does not make a king. If you say sovereign status, what does sovereign status mean? Sovereignty, in any nation, will rest with the people. As long as the final decision rests with the people, that is sovereign enough."Once the conference meets and makes decisions, and the decisions are subjected to a referendum by the people, what more sovereignty do we want? So, once the people have approved the decisions at the conference and the decisions of the people are respected, that should satisfy anybody."Okurounmu spoke at length on the activities of his committee so far, the modalities of operation, issue of memoranda time frame, role of the National Assembly, as well as other fundamental issues.Pronto!!!Idowu"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson"There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." -- Elie Wiesel__._,_.___
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