Nigeria Needs A New Constitution for The Country - Emeka Anyaoku Tells Tinubu

 

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has been urged to approve a new constitution for Nigeria.

 

The call was made by a former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku.

 

He was a guest of President Bola Tinubu on Friday, where he and other leaders of thought went to sell the idea of a new Constitution for the country.

 

The group under the auspices of The Patriot said a new Constitution has become imperative to address the persistent challenges bedeviling the country.

 

According to Anyaoku, the existing constitution lacks capacity to take the country to the promise land, stressing that it was also responsible for the prevailing social, economic challenges.

 

The group addressed State House Correspondents after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House on Friday.

 

Others members of the group who accompanied Anyaoku to the Presidential Villa were, Senator Shehu Sani, Mike Ozekhome, Labaran Maku, Senator Ben Obi, Segun Osoba, among others.

 

They advocated that President Tinubu should immediately send a presidential bill to the National Assembly, so that a constituent assembly would be put in place and be mandated to produce a new Constitution that will put into consideration the plurality of the country.

 

The draft constitution should also be subjected to a National referendum that should give the people a new constitution, expected to tackle many of challenges in the country.

 

The group which said the new constitution can be put together in nine months, added that what we have presented was responsible for the challenges bedeviling the country.