Former Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said that Ondo and Rivers don’t need Tinubu’s intervention in the ongoing political crisis in the respective crisis.
Fashola said that it is past time for Nigerians to change “our ways,” notwithstanding appeals several times to modify the Constitution.
He went on to say that the Constitution is rather explicit and clear about what happens in certain circumstances and what role that each individual is expected to play.
At the Nigerian Air Force Officers Mess Honorary Members Forum (HMF) 2023 Annual Lecture in Lagos over the weekend, Fashola made these remarks. “Leadership – Leading the Change” was the theme.
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In his own words: “We have amended the constitution, so what is left to amend, except ourselves? Is this a matter that required presidential intervention when some people were calling for the President to intervene? Does the Constitution assign a role to the President in this matter?
“Are those inviting the President to act in Ondo and in Rivers state not aware that the President has no constitutional role in these matters?
“Are they not also those who argue that the Federal Government and, by extension, the President are too powerful and encroaching on the powers of state governments? Is this a case of passing the buck when tough leadership calls are requested to be made?
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“Happily, in our Ondo case, some blue blood Ondo indigenes have stood up to be counted. But they are in an obvious minority.
“(They intervened) in the pursuit of law and constitutionality before the governor’s letter restored calm. And we want for leadership in Rivers state to do the needful,” he stated.
