Nigeria: Constitution Amendment My Foot

4 February 2013
opinion

From the perspective of the intriguing phalanx of erudite advocates of a brand-new constitution, there has always been a robust feeling that it won't be long before the flawed wagon of constitution amendment, or is it review, begins to show signs of falling to pieces. The well-publicised machinery for delivering the real document obviously wasn't trusted and still can't be, taking into account its very defective assembly.

And as anticipated, a tortuous journey outlined and executed by the National Assembly under the stuffy air of parliamentary pomposity is in a fix. For all intents and purposes, constitution amendment has become a misadventure caught up in the whirlpool of a pending doom. In times like these, nothing else re-echoes other than the celebrated sarcastic line of a former President who enjoys the divine favour of being genetically packaged with an astonishing insolent charm. I dey laugh!

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