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Ben Nwabueze, one of Nigeria's frontline constitutional lawyer has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari over his delay in appointing ministers.
Nwabueze, in an article titled, ''Constitutionality of President Buhari Ruling Nigeria For More Than Two And Half Months Without a Council Of Ministers: The Concerns of the Igbo Leaders Of Thought'', a copy of which was sent to The PUNCH on Wednesday, described Buhari’s refusal to appoint ministers over 80 days after taking office as a reflection of Buhari’s military personality.
Nwabueze said this was why former President Olusegun Obasanjo (also a former soldier) failed to appoint ministers on time as well.
The article read in part, ''Since his inauguration on May 29, 2015, as elected ‘civilian’ President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army general and former head of the military government, has been ruling the country for more than two and half months without ministers.
''The President ruling for more than two and half months without ministers is really incredible, but, incredible as it is, we Nigerians, as a people, ought to have foreseen it from our experience of the dictatorial way former President Obasanjo who, like President Buhari, is a retired army general and former head of the military government, rode roughshod over the constitutional limitations on his powers''.
Nwabueze, in an article titled, ''Constitutionality of President Buhari Ruling Nigeria For More Than Two And Half Months Without a Council Of Ministers: The Concerns of the Igbo Leaders Of Thought'', a copy of which was sent to The PUNCH on Wednesday, described Buhari’s refusal to appoint ministers over 80 days after taking office as a reflection of Buhari’s military personality.
Nwabueze said this was why former President Olusegun Obasanjo (also a former soldier) failed to appoint ministers on time as well.
The article read in part, ''Since his inauguration on May 29, 2015, as elected ‘civilian’ President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army general and former head of the military government, has been ruling the country for more than two and half months without ministers.
''The President ruling for more than two and half months without ministers is really incredible, but, incredible as it is, we Nigerians, as a people, ought to have foreseen it from our experience of the dictatorial way former President Obasanjo who, like President Buhari, is a retired army general and former head of the military government, rode roughshod over the constitutional limitations on his powers''.
