By Polycarp Onwubiko
The Guardian Editorial captioned: "National Commission for Local Government Election not the answer", October 23, 2024 could have helped the cause of pursuit of genuine federalism which the respected newspaper dwelt extensively in its 64 Editorials on Restructuring the lopsided Federation and a New Constitution. How has the mighty fallen!
It the newspaper Editorial
Board could degenerate to such bootlickers level probably to court the favour
of the Aso Villa landlord, then can say 'sorry' for Nigeria. Yes, it lambasted
the gimmickry of the malleable members of the Upper Chamber of the National
Legislature which is deliberating on the Bill to establish the supposed
"National Commission for Local Government Election" to stem the
conduct of local government council election by the State Independent Electoral
Commission ", SIEC, Nigerians expected the Editorial Board to chide
president Tinubu for not Convoking Constituent Assembly for a New Constitution
which will be acceptable to all the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.
Nigerian leadership has
continued to conduct themselves in such a way that make them the laughingstock
in the international institutions. Countries all over the world are
sufficiently aware that Nigeria is operating a Fundamentally, fraudulent and
deeply defective constitution imposed by the military Regime.
It has been a foolish pastime
in the name of "Constitutional Amendments " by the lopsided
Federation with equally lopsided members of the supposed Committee on
Constitution Amendments that favour the inanities, preferences and venality of the
Northern Moslems at the expense and detriment of the Southerners.
The gimmickry going on in the
Senate on the supposed National Commission for Local Government Election Bill
obviously sponsored by president Tinubu, is simply a roadmap to railroad his way
to the second tenure. Having pocketed the other arms of government (National
Assembly and the Judiciary) the road to the second tenure is 'carry go' !
The nationwide clarion calls
for Restructuring the lopsided Federation with a People's Constitution with
Decentralized security architecture, sounds like a canary cry on the rooftop.
That is why Nigeria leaders have continued to be a laughingstock to the
international community.
The silly idea and shenanigans
about local government councils autonomy and National Commission for Local
Government Council election is nothing but running away from the needed
implementation of the Hon Justice Uwais Report on credible election management
but the shameless transactional political leaders would not have it.
Thus the shameless
consideration of the Bill on the so-called National Commission for Local
Government election in the Senate is an outing of a conscienceless and
brazen-faced bootlickers in the Legislature who are gorged with the war-chest
of transactional political activists taunting well-meaning Nigerians who desire
credible federal structure based on People's Constitution through a Constituent
Assembly to reinvent genuine federalism as practiced in the First Republic.
No wonder president Tinubu said
that he is no longer thinking about 2027 presidential election because he has
perfected deft strategy to bulldoze his way into Aso Villa come May 29, 2027
thus the future chant of "Emilokan carry goo 👏! Who is fooling whom in the
already expired Nigeria?
The only panacea to restore
realistic principles of federal system of government is to convene a
Constituent Assembly of selected representatives of ethnic nationalities to
brainstorm on how to birth a Federal Constitution which will be agreeable to
all the ethnic nationalities in Nigeria, failure to do that, it is taken that
there is a already a "State Capture".
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