Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, has said Nigeria needed a new constitution, as against the amendment of the 1999 Constitution (as emended) to accommodate emerging issues of good governance for the greater interest of all Nigerians.
The founder of the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Legal icon, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has described the proposed amendment to the 1999 Constitution as a futile exercise, urging the National Assembly..
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The Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) insists that the 36 state governors must respect the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the contending issue of full autonomy for the Judiciary.
The legal body regretted that the closure of courts across the country had not only debased the country’s democracy, but adversely affected the fortunes of the legal practitioners, urging the governors to swiftly accede to the request of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to resolve the conundrum.
The NBA also urged the Federal Government to convene a roundtable discussion, where all stakeholders could meet , ruminate and proffer solutions to the senseless killings and kidnappings of innocent Nigerians.