A group of Eminent Nigerians, The Patriot, led by Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has called on President Bola Tinubu to as a matter of urgency send a presidential bill to the National Assembly for the constitution of a Constituent Assembly to produce a new acceptable constitution for the Country.
Speaking this Friday, while addressing State House Correspondents after meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the State House Chief Anyaoku who disclosed that they were at the state House to sell the idea of a new Constitution for the country said the group is of the opinion that the draft constitution should also be subjected to a National referendum that should give the people a new constitution, expected to tackle many of the challenges in the country.
The group pointed out that a new Constitution has become imperative to address the persistent challenges bedeviling the country.
According to them, the existing constitution lacks the capacity to take the country to the promised land, stressing that it was also responsible for the prevailing social, and economic challenges.
The group, noted that the new constitution could be put together in nine months, adding that what it has presented was responsible for the challenges bedevilling the country.
Other members of the group who accompanied Anyaoku to the Presidential Villa were, Senator Shehu Sani, Mike Ozekhome, Labaran Maku, Senator Ben Obi, and Segun Osoba, among others.
