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REPORT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEED FOR A REFERENDUM (3)

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REPORT OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE: NEED FOR A REFERENDUM (3) “Sovereignty belongs to the people. It does not and cannot belong to their elected representatives. Indeed the Section 14(2) of the Constitution provides that sovereignty belongs to the people from whom the government through the Constitution derives its authority and power… the National Assembly cannot without...
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NATION NIGERIA: MANAGING DIVERSITY – THE BIAFRA ISSUE AND WAY OUT – (DEVOLUTION OF POWER) (3)

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“I remain of the view that the recommendations of the Conference particularly the issue of devolution of power need to be revisited. If considered and adopted most of the recommendations will address the issues of marginalization and other problems underlying most ethnic agitations in Nigeria”. Last week I identified the over emphasis on the national...
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JUDGMENT DEBTS: INEQUALITY OF GOVERNMENT AND THE CITIZEN BEFORE TEH LAW

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“It is a result of this that I wish to draw attention, at this most auspicious of moments to the golden principle of law which should guard governance at all levels of our society, which is the principle of ‘Equality Before the Law’ ”. In less than 24 hours from now, Nigeria will witness yet...
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NATION NIGERIA: MANAGING DIVERSITY – THE BIAFRA ISSUE AND WAY OUT (1)

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“At the heart of the current protests and agitations are the same questions which have for long plagued Nigeria and which have over the years resulted in one form of violence or the other”. Over the past couple of weeks several states in the East and in the South- South have witnessed protest marches involving...
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MR PRESIDENT’S DENIAL OF ASSENT FOR FOURTH ALTERATION ACT AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: A PERSPECTIVE (2)

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“All over the world, decisions on proposed crucial change to political structure of a country such as the recommendations of the last constitutional conference are ultimately taken to the citizenry in the form of a referendum”.   The decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to withhold his assent to the passing of the 4th Alteration Act,...
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SANUSI’S CALL FOR FURTHER DELVAUATION:

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  A REQUEST BUHARI MUST REJECT   Further devaluation will inflict irreparable damage on Nigerians and every sector of the economy as well as the collapse of education and the middle class Recently I commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his decision to put a halt to further devaluation of the naira. I discussed the effects...
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JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE – LAWYERS ALONE NOT TO BLAME (4)

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JUSTICE: LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE – LAWYERS ALONE NOT TO BLAME (4)  “I have referred to all these examples to show the role played by clients themselves in contributing to the malaise affecting our justice delivery system. The win at all costs attitude encourages many to employ all manner of unscrupulous means to achieve their own...
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INSURGENCY; LESSONS FROM ABROAD (3)

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  “It takes a man of courage, patriotism, and altruism to go all out to preach the gospel truth on how to end insurgency with our own local or native intelligence to the government”. Over the past couple of weeks I have examined the current efforts of government to combat the book haram insurgency particularly...
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MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE (3)

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MINISTER’S PRONOUNCEMENT TO SCRAP POST-UTME EXAMS: A SERIOUS MISTAKE (3) POST –UTME: A RESCUE MECHANISM  As I stated last week, it must always be borne in mind that the post-UTME exercise was conceived as a rescue mechanism in response to the falling standard of education in Nigeria. Notwithstanding the fact that the exercise must of necessity...
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INSURGENCY; LESSONS FROM ABROAD

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“Nigeria stands to learn a lot from countries like Colombia which have contended with insurgency over the years. While some have advocated a more high handed approach including further militarisation of the region, others have advised that the insurgents be engaged in dialogue” On Monday 12th October 2015, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo paid a...
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