August 09, (THEWILL) – A group, The Patriots has asked President Bola Tinubu to immediately constitute a constituent assembly, with a view to producing a people-oriented draft constitution.
The group, led by the former Secretary of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, made the request on Friday, when they met the President at State House, Presidential Villa in Abuja
Speaking on behalf of the group to State House correspondents after the meeting with the President, Anyaoku explained that Nigeria needs a pluralistic constitution to tackle its development problems.
Urging the President to initiate an executive bill to be sent to the National Assembly for approval of the constituent assembly to be constituted, said the outcome of the constituent assembly, which should consist of three persons each from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, should be subjected to ratification by a referendum.
On the ongoing nationwide hunger protests, the group urged the federal and state governments to engage the leaders of the protesters in dialogue.
They also advised the security agencies to desist from using lethal weapons in the management of the crisis
Other members of the Patriots who joined Chief Anyaoku were former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, ex-Senator Shehu Sani, former Women Affairs Minister, Paullen Tallen; former governor of Adamawa State, Bonnie Haruna and former Information Minister, Labaran Maku, among others.
