Politics

Category

REPORT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEED FOR A REFERENDUM (3)

By, ,
REPORT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEED FOR A REFERENDUM (3) “Sovereignty belongs to the people. It does not and cannot belong to their elected representatives. Indeed the Section 14(2) of the Constitution provides that sovereignty belongs to the people from whom the government through the Constitution derives its authority and power… the National Assembly cannot without...
Read More

LESSONS FROM 2015 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CONCEDING DEFEAT AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A HEROIC DECISION

By
The 2015 Presidential elections have been keenly contested, won and lost. As noted by local and international observers, this is the first time that a change would occur in federal government in Nigeria from the ruling party to the opposition through the means of an election. World over, an event like this is seen as...
Read More

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE EMERGENCE OF NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP (2)

By
There is a need for the majority party to undertake a full appraisal of the facts and circumstances which brought about the development, particularly when it is considered that what is ultimately at stake is not the interest of the party but the interest of Nigeria. Last week I discussed the controversy sparked by the...
Read More

RESCHEDULED ELECTION DATE AND THE LAW

By
“Generally, it is necessary to ensure that any election conducted is done in a way that would substantially ensure that the main objective of a free and fair election is achieved”. In this edition, I intend to consider two issues namely: Whether Nigeria is in a state of war and Whether or not election can...
Read More

CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE EMERGENCE OF NEW NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP

By
“It is difficult to see why despite knowledge of the issuance of proclamation by President Buhari, pursuant to Section 64(3) of the Constitution, a Senator would fail to attend the holding of the first session of the National Assembly” On the 9th June 2015, the 8th National Assembly was proclaimed and Senators-elect and Members elect...
Read More

THE MARCH 2014 CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE- FINALITY OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE CONSTITUTION (2)

By
“The delegates must resolve that the constitution they make shall not be varied nor panel-beaten by any other body whatsoever”. CONSTITUIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE. Last week, I suspended my 8 month old discussion of the problems afflicting education in Nigeria in order to reiterate some of the pitfalls in the 1999 Constitution and the...
Read More

JUDGMENT DEBTS: INEQUALITY OF GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZEN BEFORE THE LAW (3)  

By
“As President Buhari sets about his agenda of making Nigeria a destination for foreign investors, it is imperative as has been done by former British Colonies, that his administration sets about the task of amending the provision of Sheriffs and Civil Process Law which make it virtually impossible for judgment debts to be enforced”.  ...
Read More

BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AS A MEANS OF CURBING MISAPPROPRIATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS: THE EKITI EXAMPLE

By
“It is heart-warming that the 2015 Nigerian States budget transparency survey report declared Ekiti State as the most transparent state in Nigeria. When in 1996, I prepared and defended the memorandum for the creation of Ekiti State before Mbanefo Panel, I was asked, what qualified Ekiti for a state. Part of my answer was the...
Read More

JUDGMENT DEBTS: INEQUALITY OF GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZEN BEFORE THE LAW (2)

By
“Governments across the Federation have over the years, acting on the basis on anachronistic laws, have developed a practice of frustrating such successful litigants thereby acting in flagrant disregard of the principle of equality before the law”.   Last week I started an examination of the concept of Equality before the law which I believe...
Read More

NATION NIGERIA: MANAGING DIVERSITY – THE BIAFRA ISSUE AND WAY OUT – (DEVOLUTION OF POWER) (3)

By
“I remain of the view that the recommendations of the Conference particularly the issue of devolution of power need to be revisited. If considered and adopted most of the recommendations will address the issues of marginalization and other problems underlying most ethnic agitations in Nigeria”. Last week I identified the over emphasis on the national...
Read More
1 2 3 4

Recent Comments

    Archives