ELDERSTATESMAN, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to send a bill to the National Assembly for the convoking of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) in order to rescue the nation from its current quagmire. “There is an urgent need to replace the 1999 constitution with a people’s constitution. Therefore, he said: “The proposed Sovereign National Conference must conclude its deliberations before any election. It follows therefore that there should be no election before the outcome of the proposed Sovereign National Conference. “The distinguishing word ‘sovereign’ in a Sovereign National Conference, therefore, connotes that the body is not merely advisory or consultative.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 09, 2020 14:37 UTC