By Obi Nwakanma
Mr. Atiku Abubakar, one-time Vice-President of Nigeria, recently joined the “restructuring” train, pledging that if he were to be president, he would restructure Nigeria. First, that is a very large claim. No president can single-handedly restructure Nigeria. The only institution that can restructure Nigeria is the Nigerian Legislature – the elected Parliament of the Federation, working with interested parties, and pushing for the fundamental legal framework that would install a new Nigeria. Or a constituent Assembly, acting as that parliament. But whereas a parliament exists, in whatever form, it has the mandate of a Constituent Assembly, and can cause new Acts of Parliament to come to being, including an Act of the Republic.
The Indians did this in 1972, when it restructured the Indian Federation and enacted the law abolishing all monarchies…
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