Mike Ozekhome, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on President Bola Tinubu to adopt a new constitution that is tailored to solve modern issues.
Ozekhome made this known while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics show. He is among a group of Nigerians led by former Commonwealth Secretary-General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, who met with the President on Friday at the State House in Abuja.
The human rights lawyer argued that the current 1999 Constitution was military-imposed and not subject to any referendum.
He stated that a new constitution that is indigenous and people-centric will solve the country’s problems.
According to Ozekhome, “Well, he should have the political will because these problems will not go away until we tackle them headlong.”
Further asked whether a new constitution is an antidote to poverty, insecurity, and other challenges confronting the Nigerian state, Ozekhome said, “It is. The killings you are seeing, the poverty, the corruption—they are all symptoms of a larger problem, which is the basis of what we are talking about. When you solve it, other things will be in place.”
He also stated that Nigeria is a country that lacks unity, and the new constitution should reflect the needs of the people.
