It’s Time To Execute 2014 Confab Report — Jonathan
Goodluck Jonathan, the one-time president of Nigeria has begged Nigerians not to play politics with the 2014 National Constitutional Conference report if the country is to come out of its present challenges. Information Guide Nigeria
Represented by Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, former Secretary of the Government of the Federation at the presentation of ‘The National Question’, a book authored by two veteran journalists, James Akpadem and Sam Akpe, with focus on the 2014 confab, Jonathan said that it was in the interest of the country and generations unborn to implement the constitutional conference report. INDEPENDENT reports.
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“I plead with Nigerians not to play politics with the 2014 Conference report. I believe that at the appropriate time, the country through a dedicated parliament will do the right thing.
And the right thing is to duly and dispassionately consider the report of the conference with a view to implementing the recommendations for the good of the country.
“Whenever people say that I should have implemented its recommendations, my feeling is either those people did not understand the political environment at that time, the length of time it would take to implement the report of a conference like that or probably were just playing politics with such an important matter”. jamb results
“Those knowledgeable about the processes of constitutional reforms will know that to implement the Confab report, a number of alterations will be made in the constitution which would require the involvement of the National Assembly and state assemblies.
“Such elaborate review couldn’t have been possible at that time because by the time the report was submitted in August 2014, we were already on the verge of a general election.
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“It is also important to point out that at that time, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who was a member of my party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had already moved out, with some members, to the opposition party.
“When you know that your parliament is under that kind of situation, it would have been imprudent on my own part to take such a precious document, which I consider as crucial to our development yearnings, to a parliament that would not give it due consideration.
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Live, Study and Work in Canada. No Payment is Required! Hurry Now click here to Apply >> Immigrate to Canada“If we had a task that would require the alteration of the constitution, enactment of new laws, and amendment of some existing ones, there was no way that could have been done overnight”, Jonathan said.
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