Constitutional lawyer, Professor Ben Nwabueze has been in the forefront in the agitation for a national conference to address the multifarious problems facing the country. In this interview, Nwabueze, who is also the convener of Project Nigeria re-echoed the call for a national conference just as he asserts the impracticability of the South East region producing the president come 2015 owing to the current power sharing formula. Excerpts:
Many Nigerians agree that it is time to reclaim Nigeria but what are the steps to be taken before this can be achieved?
In Project Nigeria manifesto, we have mapped out the steps to be taken. Like I have said before, the important thing is to hold a National Conference. The first step that we have taken is to make available the booklet for the Save Nigeria Project.
In Project Nigeria manifesto, we have mapped out the steps to be taken. Like I have said before, the important thing is to hold a National Conference. The first step that we have taken is to make available the booklet for the Save Nigeria Project.
The second step is the mobilisation. We have set up a committee headed by Prof. Pat Utomi to mobilise and organise the civil society groups. The third step we are going to take is that very soon, we will be announcing a date for a rally we are going to organise to present the booklet; and after that we will take the copies of the National Conference and Referendum bill to the National Assembly and the presidency.
The fourth step is that we will march to Abuja to present the booklet and the bill to the presidency and the National Assembly. If they fail within the prescribed time to convene the National Conference, the people of Nigeria will convene it.
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