From Victor Seyi, Ilorin
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to commence process that will lead to implementation of the 2014 national conference as a way to restructure Nigeria.
Speaking at a meeting with members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin on Tuesday, the traditional ruler, who was a member of the confab, said Nigeria needs restructuring.
The Emir, who said that the report of the national conference should not be discarded, added that the President should pass the report in form of a bill to the National Assembly in order to be put into the Constitution and law for the good of the nation.
The revered monarch said: “The law is made for the people and people are not made for law. The Nigerian people had gathered for a purpose, the people have spoken through their representatives. So the parliament would have to endorse it for necessary criteria that had been drawn up in the Constitution. Having done that it will now be passed as a bill and the people of Nigeria can now say they have given unto themselves this piece in the
Constitution. The one given to us by the military was not by the people of this country. The military only gave us that one to guide and rule us.
Men are not supposed to be made for law, but rather, laws are supposed to be made for man. Man should be supreme. And the Constitution of Nigeria will be the norm grund, the highest law in the land so that whatever may happen since we are still in the period
of restructuring, probably the document gathered during the confab should be looked into as part of documents for restructuring. I believe it should not be thrown into the dustbin as the experienced Professor Agboola Gambari has said.”
The Emir of Ilorin also called on the federal government to fish out identified sponsors of the deadly Boko Haram insurgency in the country, expressing the hope that the insurgency would come to an end when the sponsors are identified.
He also said that Kwara was glad to have Senate President Bukola Saraki from the state, assuring that the number three man would perform creditably for the national growth and progress.
The monarch, who charged journalists to be socially responsible in their news writing at every critical moment, said that they should protect the corporate existence of Nigeria, and not write anything that will divide the country or its people.
He added: “We have gone far enough as a country. And we should see anything that happens as part of happenings of something in embryo or still growing because we are still growing with a lot to learn from our mistakes. We should not stop existing as a country. Your job should be tailored towards securing peace and harmony in the country, alongside other
responsibilities of educating, informing and entertaining people. Without peace, you cannot do all these. We pray God to continue to give us peace and put an end to Boko Haram attacks in the country.”
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