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Well it really depends on what each citizen defines as progress or development. Some see institutional building as the real progress while others watch out for the fruits, the direct benefits. In developed democracies the watch is always about the Constitution. They are always wary about the protecting the bigger picture be it immigration or gun laws in the US which are Constitutional matters.

In Nigeria most believe the Constitution is a hindrance and it doesn't permit the leader the total authority he needs to get things done. I think this is wrong. Nations are not built by individual leaders but by the collective wills of the people. The Legislature or Judiciary should not be viewed as an anchor to national development as this President has often portrayed, instead he should work with them even when they oppose his views because no one simply knows it all. I will dare to say it is maxim leaders who are bound to err and in history very few had been long term successes.

There are very few things Mr Buhari intended to do between 2015 and 2019 that he did not despitethe Legislature and judiciary. Electoral reforms were resisted, the EFCC chair continued unapproved in office, the 2 billion dollar defence fund was withdrawn without consent, no single individual indicted by the Legislature was prosecuted.... and on and on, so what more power or leverage does he want or does he need to do what he intends with Nigeria..... none.

My suspiscion is that he just wants to ride on the back of a Legislature to legitimise certain agendas he knows will be deeply unpopular and potentially dangerous to the Constitution for which under normal circumstances he could be 'walking the plank'. OBJ tried it and I am in no doubt another ex-general and military HOS will want a shot atthe past era of rule by decree.

This is the concern.

cnwamo:
The Senate is supposed to put the Executive in check but rather some people want to be ass lickers for what? Why should a President get to choose the next senate president? Where in the world does that happen?
This defeats the concept of Separation of power, President Buhari has been given way too much leverage, He wields too much and does not respect the rule of law, A man that does not respect the Constitution of the country that he presides over and now you’re giving him power over the Senate too? God help us all