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Return Nigeria to Republican Constitution – NADECO Writes Tinubu [Full Letter]
Posted by Thandiubani on Wed 07th Jun, 2023 - tori.ngTinubu is a member of the body formed after the 1993 presidential election won by the late Moshood Abiola but annulled by former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida.
President Bola Tinubu has been asked to return Nigeria to a Republican Constitution.
The call was made by the National Democratic Coalition, NADECO.
Tinubu is a member of the body formed after the 1993 presidential election won by the late Moshood Abiola but annulled by former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida.
A letter to the President signed by spokesman, Chief Ayo Opadokun said the 1963 Constitution ensured true federalism and guaranteed peaceful co-existence.
The organisation stressed that Nigeria remains “a country not a nation” because the military illegally suspended, abrogated and replaced an independent constitution.
NADECO said a return to the Republican Constitution would restore a responsive government and chart a path to reconstructing overrun by “politicians in military uniform since January 15, 1966”.
Tinubu was reminded that his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, established the Governor El-Rufai Committee which recommended a return to Federal Constitutional Governance.
Full text of the letter:
“NADECO hereby formally congratulates you as you took the Oath of Office, sworn in and assumed office as the President of Nigeria. This is without prejudice to the democratic rights of your opponents who are contesting your victory at the election tribunal.
NADECO is gratified that one of its most prominent Leaders who in fact contributed significantly to the titanic democratic struggle and campaign that the organization had to embark upon on behalf of Nigerians to restore democracy to Nigeria has by divine destiny become the elected President of the country of our birth.
We like to remind you of the most important demand of our common and just struggle which was centred on the imperative necessity to return Nigeria to a Federal Constitutional Governance upon which we secured our independence.
Nigeria remains a country not a nation till date because the military had without Nigerians democratic approval truncated, illegally suspended, abrogated and replaced our negotiated independent constitution and replaced it with Unitary Constitution till date.
The deceptively choreographed, 1979 & 1999 Constitutions which preserved all the grave damages which successive military governments have forcefully imposed upon Nigeria remain the bane of Nigeria’s backwardness, stunted growth and unacceptable level of poverty.
NADECO is more than convinced that a return to the Independence/ Republican Constitution will restore responsive and responsible government to the minimum as we grapple with the business of reconstructing our country which was successively overran/ damaged for the narrow personal interests of politicians in military uniform since January 15, 1966.
All the many aberrations-political, legal, and structural which the different military dictators whimsically imposed on Nigeria can then be strategically corrected overtime. Mr. President, you were part of the Patriots who suffered deprivations, dehumanization, and hounding along with us as we spoke truth to the powers that forced themselves on us.
Fortunately, your own party established the Governor El-Rufai Committee which recommended that the APC government should immediately fulfil its promise to return Nigeria to a Federal Constitutional Governance as contained in your Manifesto. All that we are requesting you to do is to use your good auspices and commit yourself to be faithful to the promise upon which your party was elected into office.
NADECO on behalf of the silent majority of Nigerians expects you to make Nigeria respond to her manifest destiny of providing leadership to the black race which is looking up towards us to take our rightful place in the global diplomatic leadership in order to prove that black civilization is consequential and important as the others for the growth and advancement of humanity.
We pray that the good Lord will grant you robust health, empathy and divine wisdom to providing unprecedented productive and impactive leadership which will in quick time enhance the standard and quality of lives of our people who have endured unbelievable economic deprivation, neglect and poverty in a country like Nigeria with the abundant human and material endowment and resources.”
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