Chief Wole Olanipekun, a legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has expressed his belief that the single term presidency proposed to former President Olusegun Obasanjo would have stabilised Nigeria.
According to Olanipekun, the proposal was “beautifully crafted” and would have ensured that the presidency rotates among the six geo-political zones.
The legal luminary made these remarks at the 28th Scholarship Award Scheme and 5th Empowerment Programme of the Wole Olanipekun Foundation, where 150 students received scholarship awards, and 150 persons got Youth Entrepreneurs’ Grants.
“Beautifully crafted, by that time we presented it to him, we said, ‘Mr President, for us to stabilise this Republic, experiment this’.
“We suggested to him (Obasanjo) a single term of five or six years.
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“We worked on it, we researched on it,” Olanipekun said.
According to him, under the proposed system, each geo-political zone would have produced a Vice President with a specific portfolio.
Olanipekun lamented that the proposal was “rejected” by Obasanjo, stating that “it didn’t work out.”
He, however, emphasized the need for a Constitution that reflects the realities on the ground in Nigeria.
“The Constitution, to me, does not reflect what we have on the ground as Nigeria. We deserve a Constitution that is home-grown,” Olanipekun said.
via: Information Nigeria
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