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President Goodluck Jonathan cannot set up an
interim national government to midwife the
2015 elections, the attorney general of the
federation and minister of justice has said.
Mohammed Adoke said there is no such
provision in the 1999 constitution.
In a press statement on Thursday, Adoke said
the “contraption of interim national
government” is alien to the constitution and
was therefore not an option.
He said: “My attention has been drawn to
recent calls in the media by some Nigerians for
the constitution of an Interim National
Government to ostensibly mid-wife the 2015
General elections to usher in a new democratic
Government.
“While I recognize and appreciate the
inalienable right of Nigerians to freely express
themselves and proffer solutions to perceived
national challenges,I amdeeply concerned that
some undiscerning Nigerians are being
unwittingly led to believe that a certain
prescription, which is totally alien to the
Constitution, can be adopted as viable solution
to our national challenges.
“It has therefore become necessary to correct
this misconception and refocus the citizenry on
the path of constitutionalism and democratic
tenets consistent with our quest for democratic
consolidation in Nigeria. For avoidance of
doubt, it is pertinent to state that the framers of
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999 did not envisage the constitution
of Interim National Government to superintend
over the affairs of Government. It is therefore
not surprising to observe that no provision for
Interim National Government was made in the
Constitution.
“The contraption called “Interim National
Government” is therefore alien to Nigeria’s
constitutional framework and the arrangement
should not be promoted by well–meaning
Nigerians under any guise or circumstance.
Nigerians are therefore enjoined to continue to
rely on the Constitution, which contains
adequate provisions on how the democratic
process can be activated to elect their leaders
from time to time.”



www.thecable.ng/just-interim-govt-impossible-says-agf

Abii na him get Nigeria or is Nigeria his garden

NOTED

Its either AGF has fallen out with the powers that be and thus trying to redeem his tarnished image prior to the emergence of a new govt or he is genuinely ignorant of the goings-on in Aso rock.
All the same,its good for him and Nigeria that he has made his position and that of the law clear on the issue of an interim govt.
Its never too late for right thinking people to see the light and be remembered in GMB's govt.