“Governments across the Federation have over the years, acting on the basis on anachronistic laws, have developed a practice of frustrating such successful litigants thereby acting in flagrant disregard of the principle of equality before the law”. Last week I started an examination of the concept of Equality before the law which I believe should guide the new administration in the governance of the country. I referred specifically to...Read More
“As President Buhari sets about his agenda of making Nigeria a destination for foreign investors, it is imperative as has been done by former British Colonies, that his administration sets about the task of amending the provision of Sheriffs and Civil Process Law which make it virtually impossible for judgment debts to be enforced”. Last week I continued my discussion of the issue of equality before the law vis-à-vis...Read More
“It is difficult to see why despite knowledge of the issuance of proclamation by President Buhari, pursuant to Section 64(3) of the Constitution, a Senator would fail to attend the holding of the first session of the National Assembly” On the 9th June 2015, the 8th National Assembly was proclaimed and Senators-elect and Members elect of the House of Representatives sworn in. Prior to this time, the issue that had...Read More
There is a need for the majority party to undertake a full appraisal of the facts and circumstances which brought about the development, particularly when it is considered that what is ultimately at stake is not the interest of the party but the interest of Nigeria. Last week I discussed the controversy sparked by the recently concluded elections into the leadership of the 8th National Assembly. I stated that the...Read More
“The period of military interference in politics in Nigeria also brought with it the enthronement of the Presidential system of Government which in my estimation accounts for many of the ills currently associated with Nigeria” Nigeria has since 1914 gone through many phases in its political development. It has passed through the colonial era, the period of agitation for independence prior to 1950, the self-governance period of 1950-1960 the post-independence...Read More
