A former senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani has called on the committee responsible for the constitutional Amendment to make devolution of power and electoral reforms as their topmost priority.
The former lawmaker stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Sunday in Lagos. He lamented that political interests have always frustrated any move to amend the Nigerian constitution because some vested interest are benefitting from the status co.
According to him, public oriented projects like developmental issues were usually relegated during most constitution amendment process because political interest.
In his statement, “Since 1999, the national assembly has been inaugurating committees to amend the constitution of Nigeria, but the problem has been that the issues that are supposed to be amended are not amended because of interests.
“Each time we have this committee set up, the committee is inaugurated in good time, but the recommendations are hardly implemented.
“Take, for example, electoral reform, no president in Nigeria wants to reform an electoral system that will take him out of power,” he said.
He enjoined political office holders to implement reforms and vision that would outlive them, stressing that power was transient.
“If you think you are in a position of authority today and you have all the power to exercise, think of what happens to you tomorrow,” Sani concluded.
