Constitutional lawyer and elder statesman, Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN) has declared that only the restructuring of the polity will save Nigeria from its recurring socio-economic and political challenges.
As a first step towards realising the goal, Nwabueze has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately convene a fresh National Conference.
He said that the 2014 National Conference organised by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan was not the kind that Nigeria needs.
Nwabueze’s revisit of his clamour for the restructuring of Nigeria came a few days after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar made the same request.
Atiku had at a launch of a book on Biafra in Abuja recently, said that Nigeria will not work well unless it is restructured.
In a speech he delivered on Thursday during the occasion to mark his 85th birthday at his residence in Atani, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nwabueze said that the kind of confab he is advocating for will involve ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.
The renowned author stressed that Nigerians from various ethnic groups need to gather together and tell themselves the truth with a view to finding suitable solutions to the challenges facing the country.
He said: “One journalist came here to interview me and I told him that my major regret at 85 is the failure of Nigeria to transform into a powerful nation and stand out as Africa’s leading light. But I believe that a national conference will go a long way in helping us to restructure the country with the aim of finding enduring solutions to our numerous challenges. So, I insist that there is the imperative for a fresh confab where all of us will come together from various ethnic backgrounds to discuss the way forward for our country.”
Declaring that the 2014 National Confab was not ideal for the country, Nwabueze observed that there is total lack of truth in the affairs of the country and until people learn how to say the truth, Nigeria will continue to suffer and unable to overcome the myriad of problems militating against its development.
He continued: “We have to learn how to say the truth; people of other countries in Europe, America and Asia told themselves the truth and that was why they were able to build their countries to the level they are today. So, we need a fresh national conference where the people can come together and tell themselves the truth.”
On Ndigbo, the eminent lawyer who used the occasion to present his latest book to the public, said that he regrets that the people of the South East have continued to face endless marginalisation in the scheme of things in Nigeria.
He lamented that as it stands, Ndigbo have no chance to produce the leader of the country which they have contributed so much to develop.
In their goodwill messages and felicitations, dignitaries extolled the virtue of the celebrant.
They recalled some of Nwabueze’s major contribution to the development of the country.
The host governor, Chief Willie Obiano, described the celebrant as one of Nigeria’s leading lights whose reputation and legacies in the legal profession, political activism and advocacy can never be overemphasised.
Obiano said that the good people of Anambra State are very proud of him.
Prominent Nigerians who graced the event included former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who chaired the book presentation, Senator Ben Obi and Prof. George Obiozor, among others.
Friday 10 June 2016
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