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The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Osita Okechukwu has strongly backed the calls by the All Progressives Congress (APC) on its members in the National Assembly to block all legislative proposals by President Jonathan.
“Our understanding of the directive by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its members in the National Assembly to block executive bills, pending the restoration of the rule of law and constitutionalism in Rivers State, is a valid and due process to reinforce the doctrine of federalism and return the president to the path of best practices in statesmanship.”
According to Daily Post, he said the non-interference by the federal government in the affairs of Rivers State remains the latest litmus test of President Jonathan’s take on federalism.
“We are alarmed that the president seems to have scant regard for the fact that Nigeria is a federal state, not a unitary system or a confederacy. Before the Rivers State crisis, his scant regard for federalism was more noticeable in the distribution of revenue, hence his serial altercations with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum.
“In summary, we are at a loss why President Jonathan, as commander-in-chief, is looking the other way, while an inferno is brewing in Rivers State”
“We therefore, appeal to him to uphold the doctrine of federalism, as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And that more than any other Nigerian, he has the single honour and privilege to put off the Rivers State inferno. And one way of doing this is to direct the Inspector General of Police to transfer Mbu Joseph Mbu to Borno or any other state in observance of the doctrine of federalism,” the statement added.
“Our understanding of the directive by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to its members in the National Assembly to block executive bills, pending the restoration of the rule of law and constitutionalism in Rivers State, is a valid and due process to reinforce the doctrine of federalism and return the president to the path of best practices in statesmanship.”
According to Daily Post, he said the non-interference by the federal government in the affairs of Rivers State remains the latest litmus test of President Jonathan’s take on federalism.
“We are alarmed that the president seems to have scant regard for the fact that Nigeria is a federal state, not a unitary system or a confederacy. Before the Rivers State crisis, his scant regard for federalism was more noticeable in the distribution of revenue, hence his serial altercations with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum.
“In summary, we are at a loss why President Jonathan, as commander-in-chief, is looking the other way, while an inferno is brewing in Rivers State”
“We therefore, appeal to him to uphold the doctrine of federalism, as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And that more than any other Nigerian, he has the single honour and privilege to put off the Rivers State inferno. And one way of doing this is to direct the Inspector General of Police to transfer Mbu Joseph Mbu to Borno or any other state in observance of the doctrine of federalism,” the statement added.
