President Bola Tinubu has told The Patriots, a group of eminent Nigerians, that retooling the economy for sustainable growth and development is the major priority of his administration and not working for a new Constitution.

The President, however, assured the group led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, who visited him at the State House on Friday, that their request for the convening of a national constituent assembly with the mandate to draft a new constitution will be reviewed.

Chief Anyaoku, speaking on behalf of The Patriots, appealed to the President to send an executive bill to the National Assembly, proposing two measures:

”The convening of a national constituent assembly with the mandate to produce a draft people’s democratic constitution. The constituent assembly should be of directly elected individuals, on a non-political basis, from the 36 states of the federation, possibly three individuals per state, and one from the FCT.


”They should be assisted by seven constitutional lawyers, one drawn from each of the six geo-political zones and the FCT. The deliberations of the constituent assembly should take into full account the 1960/63 constitutions, as well as the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference and indeed of the various national conferences that considered the Nigerian constitutions.”

Chief Anyaoku also said the Patriots requested legislating for a national plebiscite to which the draft constitution emerging from the constituent assembly should be subjected.

Responding to their requests, the President expressed his respect for The Patriots and their contributions to national discourse.

‘He said, “I want to assure all of you that as I listened to your two major requests on the path to referendum and that should lead to constitutional measures that will fit our diversity and governance so that we avoid conflicts and break-ups.


”I believe in the unity of this country and I want to assure you that whatever is necessary to put happiness and good governance in the hands of all Nigerians is what I would do,” the President said.

President Tinubu also noted that the clamour for constitutional reforms is a longstanding issue in national discourse.

He acknowledged the examples presented by the Patriots on pluralistic countries, such as Canada and India, which have maintained unity by addressing their diversity through their constitutions.

”The avoidance of chaos is necessary to build this country and move its aspirations forward for the benefit of all of us.

”I am currently preoccupied with economic reform. That is my first priority. Once this is in place, as soon as possible, I will look at other options, including constitutional review as recommended by you and other options,” the President said.

President Tinubu told Chief Anyaoku that he would be invited again for a more detailed conversation on the submissions of the Patriot.


”As you present this, just believe that it will be reviewed, and I commit myself to the belief that you want a stable and prosperous Nigeria,” President Tinubu concluded.

Oilwell:
No sharing Rice is his priority.

Philipponzaghi:
Tinubu is on the right track! Focusing on economic reform first is a strategic move. A strong economy lays the foundation for any constitutional review. Let's give him time to implement these changes; prosperity will follow. Unity and stability are key, and it seems he's committed to that vision for Nigeria!

Bullet4thiefnub:

Are u not ashamed of yourself

Ojiofor:
AbaganaMiracle next time make your epistle readable and short.

What is the alternative if we boycott elections,join IPOB?

AbaganaMiracle:

Of course you should join IPOB under Simon Elkpa to assist in liberating yourselves from the cesspit where you are caged. That's our only solution to better life. Is that not common sense?

Why would you remain in a cesspit where they will never allow you to become their president and even if you become their president, you can never have the power as a president to rewrite their constitution which is where the problem lies.

Did you know that to remove any item from the 68 items on their useless executive list, you must go through their national assembly? You have only 15 senators, SW has 18, Middle Belt has 18 and north has 34 senators.

With your low number of senators and their high numbers of senators and also the hate they harbor for you as Igbo person/people, there is no way they can back you up to push for a bill that with favor you, for e.g, bill to take out Maritime and airports out from where they are locked inside their useless executive list because such backing will see Lagos and Abuja airport revenue fall and start to favor you in your region. Same goes with sea ports renenue of Lagos falling and starts to favor you in our region.

The problem of all you obidiooots is that you do not know the history of the cesspit you are fighting hard to belong to and you do not also know the root of your problem inside the cesspit, how it is structured to cage you and arrest your development.

Ojiofor:


To Join IPOB or Simon Ekpa is the most senseless thing I will ever do.IPOB or Ekpa can't never achieve Biafra in a hundred years.
If actually those yahoo yahoo freedom fighters are serious and sincere over Biafra agitation they should come back home and have dialogue with Igbo political leaders for a way forward for ndi Igbo and have a common understanding,outside of this they are just scamming gullible followers of their hard earned money and wasting Igbo blood for nothing.
Non state actors like IPOB led by MNK and Ekpa are agitating for a separate nation for ndi Igbo while Igbo political leadership are pro one Nigeria how do you think IPOB or any other group will ever succeed?
You guys should stop disturbing peace and progress of ala Igbo in name of Biafra.

AbaganaMiracle:

You see why we regards you obidioooots as dunce, daft and dumb? What future do you have in the cesspit you are dying to belong to? None!! Yet you are foolishly longing to belong to it. Does it make sense? Answer is no.

Your so called political leaders are aware of all the points i wrote above, but due to their criminal mindset, are in the same bed with the cesspit political leaders in screwing us and we must forcefully break them to liberate ourselves.

We don't care what you call us. Scammers, fraudsters, that's your problem, but when the time comes, you will change your tone. We are the last people on this earth that will accept to continue to live in a cesspit where we have no future.

Did you see how the yorubas and and foolanis on this thread are supporting the stance of their president Tinubu? They know the reason why they support his stance on this, but fools and mugus like you do not know what these people know, yet you are being used and are following the criminal Peter Obi blindly.

Peter Obi knows about the 68 items inside their exclusive list and the difficulty he will will face a as the cesspit president in rewriting the constitution because he has no absolute nor veto power to effect the change of rewriting their constitution. As the cesspit president, he must go through the national assembly to get the power to rewrite the constitution, but he will never get the support from the senators to back him up.

His 8 years will come and go and he will not be able to change anything and your misery as Igbo will continue. So, what would the 8yrs of Peter Obi or Igbo presidency have done for you? Absolutely nothing. This is the reason why we must to fight once and for all to get out from the cesspit for the sake of the future or our children, otherwise after we have gone, they will still be locked up inside the cesspit with this useless and wicked 1999 constitution.

Chinkoalhaji34:
So now Tinubu don finally open him mouth to talk about economy, we thank God o!

E be like say Peter Obi need to take note of this one, because we know say na him people dey shout about economy pass, but where the results dey?

Make we see how this new focus go play out, because we don tire for all the noise without action. Na only time go tell if dem go fit follow through or na just another empty promise.

Ojiofor:


Ih.pobians are generally regarded as the dubest breed if in doubt ask any Nigerian.IPOB that kills their own people to teach Nigeria a lesson.IPOB that forces their own people to sit at home in their region to teach Abuja a bitter lesson.No wonder FG have ignored all the demands of IPOB till date because you guys are bunch of clowns.Being an Obidient is legal and constitutional.Did anybody died last year for being a member of Obidient movement?Biafra agitation have wasted millions of lives and properties worth billions and there is no chance it will be actualized.Biafra does not exist.Ndi Igbo should continue to pursue political solution in solving their problems within Nigeria until when other ethnic groups are ready for dessolution of Nigeria as a nation.

AbaganaMiracle:

Why should he be ashamed when he and his people have gotten what they want at your expense? It's you the obidioottts who are still hoping to repeat another round of PVC eddiocy in 2027 that should be ashamed of yourselves.

You useful eediot Igbos are the most eddiotic elements to ever grace this world. Forcing yourselves to remain in an unfavorable country that kills you everyday and uses your natural resources to nourish themselves and sent you morons into exile. Slaves everywhere.

Bullet4thiefnub:

So what’s the way out

AbaganaMiracle:


Honestly, you have nama brain. Fools like you are the reason why these nigerians will continue to ride on Igbos because they know you have no knowledge nor capacity to understand that you are in slavery inside their cage. They saw that IPOB under MNK and Simon Ekpa were giving them a tough time, they cause insecurity in SE and tagged in on IPOB knowing that illiterates like you will believe them and suport them against your liberators.

But you know what? Illiterate morons like you must be liberated by fire by force. We have seized your rights of making decisions for yourselves because you are incapable of making positive decisions for yourselves due to your stark illiteracy and lack of knowledge of what the cesspit means for you.

Leading to the the 2023 presidential election and after the elections, Igbos were harassed and killed at Lagos and our ships and businesses looted and razed. These facts are littered al lover the internet, yet eediot like you came in here to deny all these. Same thing that the yorubas are doing.

This is the reason why they see and regard all you obidiooots as fools. They harass you and kill you, and you boldly deny their atrocities against you and instead is defending them. You must have Fulani blood in you may going by the nonsense you are spewing here. Absolute nothing in your brain. Preferring slavery to absolute total freedom. Tufiakwa!!

Ojiofor:


You are not 1% as wise and knowledgeable as Emeka Anyaoku and other Igbo intellectuals who have shunned your stupid agitation.Why is it that it is lowlives of Igboland that are leading Biafra agitation?

AbaganaMiracle:

Nama brain, think for yourself and stop relying on the thought of the senile Emeka Anyaok[/b]u and other foolish Igbo political class that cares only for their own pockets. Did you think that Emeka Anyaoku doesn't know the problem with the 1999 constitution and the difficulty in rewriting it?

The senile fool is only playing to the gallery by requesting Tinubu to effect a change and rewriting of the constitution. Common sense will tell any reasonable person that the interest of the SW comes as a priority to Tinubu, so why go asking him for such impossibility? Only a fool does that.

How old is the fool? Over 80 years. Yet knowing that he will soon depart this earth, is comfortable leaving his children to continue to be subjugated inside the cesspit with their wicked 1999 constitution, all because of fear and cowardice.

Eediots like Anyaoku and his likes are what MNK referred to [b]"Otelectuals". It's not about how many degrees you have, but about COMMON SENSE and understanding of the cesspit and it's history and how it's structured for the benefit of the British, foooolanis and yorubas in that order. And one thing that fuels their interest is the oil and gas in your own region.

There is no way out from the cage called nigeria for Igbos except through fighting. Anyaoku is under hostage because those that think that they own the cesspit made sure that all arms, laws and finance of the cesspit are on their side which is for subjugating you. So when sensible ones like us try to raise dust, they will come after us.

God so kind, we are in the internet age and social media and this time, it will be tit for tat and we must fight out way out and liberate our people from the cage called nigeria.

Ojiofor:


That is the only thing Nnahadi Kanu taught Igbo youths to disrespect their fathers.Typical of umu aturu nnahadi Kanu.
Continue wasting your time and lives without those you refer to as otolectuals onwegi ebe unu ji azu ga.
Continue causing insecurity with UGM in Igboland one day you either be in jail or get kpaid.
Biafra died in 1970 as declared by general Philip Effiong.

Philipponzaghi:
Tinubu is on the right track! Focusing on economic reform first is a strategic move. A strong economy lays the foundation for any constitutional review. Let's give him time to implement these changes; prosperity will follow. Unity and stability are key, and it seems he's committed to that vision for Nigeria!

Grace001:


Tinubu is only telling Nigerians what they want to hear , just like you just fall for it.

Countries with good economy have stable electricity. The day Nigeria have uninterrupted power supply Nigerians will be more productive and you will see economy growing.

Empty promises tactic of TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR