{"id":132991,"date":"2023-12-19T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/1999-constitution-root-of-nigerias-problems-not-tinubu-robert-clarke\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T17:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:54:22","slug":"1999-constitution-root-of-nigerias-problems-not-tinubu-robert-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/19\/1999-constitution-root-of-nigerias-problems-not-tinubu-robert-clarke\/","title":{"rendered":"1999 Constitution, Root Of Nigeria\u2019s Problems Not Tinubu \u2014 Robert Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-892229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot_20230911-083520_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Clarke\" width=\"1080\" height=\"586\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Robert Clarke, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has disclosed that a review and amendment of the 1999 Constitution is necessary, as it as the foundation of the Nigeria\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this on Tuesday on Arise Television\u2019s Good Morning Show, while reacting to the truce reached as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu once again intervened in the Rivers State crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 1999 constitution is the cornerstone of our problems. In every area of political line, especially in the area of election, when the constitution restricts those who can come and be voted for, or who can vote for, something must be wrong with that constitution. The problem today is not what the President says,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The elder statesman further faulted the demolition of the state House of Assembly complex by the Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should a governor bring a caterpillar and bring down the state House of Assembly? Does that show sanity and you voted for such a person?,\u201d he queried.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to whether the President has a constitutional role in solving sub-national matters, the lawyer disclosed that Tinubu has no constitutional role in the matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: \u2018You\u2019ll Be Dissolved If You Don\u2019t Perform\u2019 \u2014 Tinubu Warns NNPCL Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe constitutional role of the President in all these fracas, there should have been none. The only time the constitution allowed the Federal Government to put its mouth was during the First Republic,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll that we are running after today is power and money. Those two elements, where do you get them in Nigeria? They are only from politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you count down Governors who have served in Nigeria since 2000, ask them to come show us their bank account, you will be shocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to ask ourselves, is politics in Nigeria only meant for politicians? Why can\u2019t people like us contest an election without joining a political party? Why do we need a political party? This is the problem we have in Nigeria today,\u201d Clarke decried.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, three areas of the Constitution that needs amendment are: Local government; election; who can belong to a party and why a party be the dominant factor in elections in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you do the three areas in Nigeria today, I can assure you, you won\u2019t hear about any court cases. 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