Group of elder statesmen ask Nigeria's president to form constituent assembly

Presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed the position of his principal, President Bola Tinubu, on the issue of a new Constitution when The Patriots, a group of elder statesmen, led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, met him at the State House in Abuja. “I am currently preoccupied with economic reform. That is my first priority. Once this is in place, as soon as possible, I will look at other options, including constitutional review as recommended by you and other options,” Ngelale quoted the President as saying. Anyaoku, a former Commonwealth Secretary-General, had appealed to Tinubu to send an Executive Bill to the National Assembly, proposing two measures: “The convening of a National Constituent Assembly with the mandate to produce a Draft People’s Democratic Constitution. “The Constituent Assembly should be of directly elected individuals, on a non-political basis, from the 36 states of the federation, possibly three individuals per state, and one from the FCT.
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