Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former minister of works has said that only an amendment of the 1999 constitution could help in tackling the current challenges bedeviling the country.
He noted that the 1999 Constitution was defective and largely contributed to failure of past governments in the country, while advocating for concerted effort by stakeholders in amending it.
In recent times, Nigeria’s The People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) in Ondo State has rejected Wednesday’s ruling of the election petition tribunal nullifying the victory of Ikengboju Gboluga as the lawmaker representing Okitipupa/irele constituency in the House of Representatives.
The Justice Nuhu Adi led tribunal had sacked the PDP lawmaker over issue of dual citizenship, directing the Independent National Elec
ethnic and political leaders have been agitating for a restructuring of the country and amendment of the 1999 constitution, which according to them was the solution to the myriad of challenges facing the country.
However, the demand has been rejected by the APC and incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, who says the problem of the country, was about ‘the system of doing things’ rather than its structure.
But speaking on the state of the nation in a telephone interview with Businessday, toral Commission(INEC ) to withdraw certificate of return from him and issue Albert Akintoye, the first runners up and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Zadok Akintoye, the Director of Media and Publicity of the party in a statement said the basis of which the tribunal gave the ruling was against the constitution of the country under section 25 of the 1999 constitution as amended.
The party maintained that the citizenship by birth of Hon. Gboluga cannot be Wednesday, Ogunlewe, said the country must make radical restructuring to make progress.
According to him, “It is not about the President appointing ministers, what can they do when the system is defective and cannot allow you to work, I was there before as a minister; I know the issues.
“I have said it before that we must amend the present constitution, or no progress, look at the numbers of abandoned projects, we have the highest in the world at 17,000 and every year we keep appropriate money for projects.”
