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By Innocent Anaba<\/strong>
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Tuesday, charged President Goodluck Jonathan to be courageous enough to pursue constitutional reforms that would transform the country.<\/p>\n

He also said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was right to order a supplementary election for Imo State, as the Constitution says that elections must be \u201cheld\u201d within a stipulated time but was silent on when it should be concluded.<\/p>\n

Addressing newsmen on the just concluded general elections in Lagos, Agbakoba said: \u201cThe President is in a better position to drive the constitutional amendment process because he drives the entire process in the country as the President<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a President that should be able to address all issues effecting every aspect of the society, be the judiciary, legislative, executive or economy reforms. We need the President to be able to address the big issues confronting the country, because when such big issues are addressed, every other thing falls into place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He further said electoral offences, political party regulation, constituency review, among others, should be handled by new agencies in order to unbundle INEC and leave it to concentrate on votes counting.<\/p>\n

He also called for the\u00a0 EFCC and ICPC to be unbundled for efficiency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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By Innocent Anaba Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Mr Olisa Agbakoba, SAN, Tuesday, charged President Goodluck Jonathan to be courageous enough to pursue constitutional reforms that would transform the country. He also said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was right to order a supplementary election for Imo State, as the Constitution says that elections must be \u201cheld\u201d within a stipulated time but was silent on when it should be concluded. 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