Additionally, he urged the president to formulate policy objectives with a human face.
Yorubaland’s Aare Ona Kakanfo, Chief Gani Adams, has demanded a review of the 1999 Constitution because he believes it will prevent Nigeria from moving forward.
Aare Adams gave a speech on Monday in Lagos at a celebration of Democracy Day and the 30th anniversary of the election of June 12, 1999.
If our democracy is dependent on the 1999 Constitution, which we are still using in Nigeria today, we won’t be able to accomplish very much. The 1979 and 1999 Constitutions were imposed upon us by the military as tools to uphold their atrocity.
“The Constitution has always remained the bane of Nigeria; that is why we are in the position we are in today because of the 1979 and 1999 Constitutions; that is one of the problems Nigeria cannot move forward today,” Adams said at the event with the theme, June 12, 1993, Identity Politics and the National Question: Thirty Years After.
The Yoruba leader urged President Bola Tinubu to address the constitutional issue, which he claimed would continue to impede the country’s progress if left unresolved.
It will be disastrous if Nigeria continues to suffer under this new administration, he further pleaded with the president to develop a policy course with a human face.
“I believe the new President needs to find a solution to this problem because it is crucial to the future of this nation. Nigeria won’t be able to advance, in my opinion, if we don’t review or amend the 1999 Constitution. Nigeria will struggle to achieve its lofty goals unless regionalism is embraced and the federating units are allowed to grow at their own pace.
“The new government in charge, led by, ought to announce a course for policy that has a human face. If Nigeria continues to suffer under this administration, it will be disastrous, he said.
The Social Democratic Party’s (SDP) Moshood Abiola won the annulled 1999 presidential election, and thirty years have passed since that time. According to Aare Adam, the continuation of democracy proves that Abiola’s death was not in vain.
We must realize that the Late Abiola Mandate stands for justice, freedom, equity, liberty, and the viability of democracy. These were the principles for which the late Aare Moshood Kashimowo Abiola sacrificed his life. Since democracy is here to stay, I firmly believe that Late Abiola’s death was not in vain, Adams said.
