Nigeria Falling Under ‘Fraudulent’ 1999 Constitution, INC Chief To Obasanjo
Professor Benjamin Okaba, the President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), has frowned at the one time President Olusegun Obasanjo for using the 1999 constitution of Nigeria to justify his allegations that crude oil and gas in the Niger Delta belonged to the country and not the people of the region. Information Guide Nigeria
Okaba, who said this on ‘The Morning Show’ programme of Arise Television on Thursday, described Obasanjo’s position as a second thought as it contradicts his earlier argument that mineral resources in the Niger Delta were given by God for all Nigerians. INDEPENDENT reports.
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In his words: “The Nigerian (1999) constitution, which OBJ is now relying on, is a product of unrepresentative drafting and, to a large extent, most of the provisions therein are military-driven. So the constitution is fraudulent, satanic and it has not served anybody any good.jamb results
“In fact, the 1999 constitution is a foundation for the collapse of Nigeria; every fabric of Nigeria, the economy, educational system, infrastructure are all collapsing. Reforms will not serve the situation. We need overall restructuring because OBJ talked about reforms believing that, that will help to bring normalcy to Nigeria”.
“But we know that under a constitution that is faulty, not people-driven but hurriedly put together a few weeks before the ascendancy of OBJ to power (in 1999), cannot do us any good. So the various agitations across the country are clear evidence that for Nigeria to work, we must do away with this constitution and go back to the basics.
“And in a federation, resource ownership, fiscal federalism are paramount and every constitution that talks about federalism and does not recognize ownership of resources by the people is faulty.”
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