Tinubu Reveals His Priority For Nigerians During Meeting With Anyaoku, Others

President Bola Tinubu, connected Friday, during a gathering with erstwhile Commonwealth Secretary-General, Emeka Anyaoku, and immoderate others, revealed that his precedence is to revive the system of Nigeria.

Tinubu, portion speaking astatine the State House, noted that his medication is not aft moving for a caller Constitution. He, however, said the petition for the convening of a nationalist constituent assembly with the mandate to draught a caller constitution volition beryllium reviewed.

Anyaoku, speaking connected behalf of The Patriots, appealed to the President to nonstop an enforcement measure to the National Assembly, proposing 2 measures.

He said, “The convening of a nationalist constituent assembly with the mandate to nutrient a draught people’s antiauthoritarian constitution. The constituent assembly should beryllium of straight elected individuals, connected a non-political basis, from the 36 states of the federation, perchance 3 individuals per state, and 1 from the FCT.

“They should beryllium assisted by 7 law lawyers, 1 drawn from each of the six geo-political zones and the FCT. The deliberations of the constituent assembly should instrumentality into afloat relationship the 1960/63 constitutions, arsenic good arsenic the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference and so of the assorted nationalist conferences that considered the Nigerian constitutions.”

Anyaoku besides said the Patriots requested legislating for a nationalist plebiscite to which the draught constitution emerging from the constituent assembly should beryllium subjected.

Responding to their requests, the President expressed his respect for The Patriots and their contributions to nationalist discourse.

He said, “I privation to guarantee each of you that arsenic I listened to your 2 large requests connected the way to referendum and that should pb to law measures that volition acceptable our diverseness and governance truthful that we debar conflicts and break-ups.

“I judge successful the unity of this state and I privation to guarantee you that immoderate is indispensable to enactment happiness and bully governance successful the hands of each Nigerians is what I would do.”

President Tinubu besides noted that the clamour for law reforms is simply a longstanding contented successful nationalist discourse.

He acknowledged the examples presented by the Patriots connected pluralistic countries, specified arsenic Canada and India, which person maintained unity by addressing their diverseness done their constitutions.

“The avoidance of chaos is indispensable to physique this state and determination its aspirations guardant for the payment of each of us.

“I americium presently preoccupied with economical reform. That is my archetypal priority. Once this is successful place, arsenic soon arsenic possible, I volition look astatine different options, including law reappraisal arsenic recommended by you and different options,” the President said.

President Tinubu told Anyaoku that helium would beryllium invited again for a much elaborate speech connected the submissions of the Patriot.

“As you contiguous this, conscionable judge that it volition beryllium reviewed, and I perpetrate myself to the content that you privation a unchangeable and prosperous Nigeria,” President Tinubu concluded.

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