Senate says no as campaigners demand brand new constitution
• Group insists only fresh statutes will end nation’s challenges • Oba of Benin canvasses roles for traditional rulers • 36 states’ speakers seek review of impeachment procedures • Delta, Bayelsa, Edo seek devolution of power, others Agitations for a totally new constitution to pave way for total reform of the country’s ailing and comatose systems may have hit the rock. At a public hearing on the review of the constitution in Abuja, yesterday, the Senate declared that although a completely new constitution to replace the current one was desirable, the extant law does not support...
Source: guardian.ng
