The date chosen for the national dialogue was so done to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the 2014 National Confab.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations and chairman of The Patriots, Emeka Anyaoku, has announced the convocation of a national dialogue on the constitutional future of Nigeria under the Theme: ‘Lawful Procedures for Actualising a People’s Constitution for Nigeria.’
In a video message on March 10, Anyaoku, the new chairman of The Patriots, a thought group, announced that the national dialogue, which is aimed at mobilising Nigerians towards a new prosperous nation, would hold at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos on March 18, 2024 in honour of the late legal icon, Prof Ben Nwabueze, who was buried last week in Atani, Anambra State.
The date chosen for the national dialogue was so done to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the 2014 National Confab inaugurated by former President Goodluck Jonathan on March 17, 2014.
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The event is also expected to set a popular citizens’ agenda for the ongoing constitution review process initiated by the National Assembly towards the political reconfiguration, cohesion and stability of Nigeria through a new democratic people’s constitution being advocated to replace the subsisting military decree No 24 of 1999 still in force in Nigeria as the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Invited to address and participate at the national dialogue are keynote speakers, discussants, the Presidency, former presidents, former vice presidents, serving and former governors, leadership of the Senate and House of Reps, traditional rulers, eminent national leaders of thought, scholars, members of the judiciary, captains of the private sector, leaders of organised civil society and labour, among other Nigerians.