Nigeria s 1999 Constitution full of flaws – Muslim lawyers association

The Muslim Lawyers Association of Nigeria, MULAN, has declared that determination are galore defects and flaws successful the existent 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

MULAN National President, Dr Kazeem Olajide Olaniyan, made this declaration portion addressing a property league to herald the 15th yearly wide league of the relation connected Thursday successful Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Olaniyan stressed that Nigeria needs a homegrown Constitution that volition code the existent challenges facing the country.

According to him, the 1999 Constitution was drafted during the subject regularisation and has galore defects and flaws.

He noted that a homegrown volition code the existent problems the state is facing.

Olaniyan portion speaking further, maintained that the taxable of the conference, ‘National Development: The caller dynamics and nuances’, was chosen truthful arsenic to supply solutions to the country’s problems.

He besides utilized the mean to entreaty to the authorities to code the contented of substance scarcity, nutrient situation and ostentation successful the country.

“Any Constitution Nigeria indispensable person indispensable beryllium homegrown. What we person present was drafted by the military.

“There are truthful galore defects and flaws successful the 1999 constitution.

“Removal of subsidy of petroleum has effect connected each of america coupled with inflation. We are present experiencing substance scarcity.

“As we speak, if we are blaming the government, determination are truthful galore things we arsenic radical are besides causing. We are besides calling connected the authorities to code the occupation of nutrient insecurity.”