Successive governments have failed to see through a comprehensive and meaningful restructuring process, leaving the country to continue in its current state of chaos and retrogression.
How have other countries been able to undertake restructuring at different phases of their nationhood and how can Nigeria learn from the successful best practices? There are generally three main options for undertaking a restructuring process.The Oxford Dictionary defines a plebiscite as a ‘direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution.
Generally, as demonstrated from the UK example, governments are not often legally bound to implement the result of a referendum. However, given the cost of conducting one, they do so with a firm promise to implement whatever the result is. The populace also trusts in the ability of the government to conduct a free, fair and credible referendum, not to annul the process in case of unfavourable outcome to them, and to implement the end result of the process as reflected in the final result.
The key question is: Do we have a crop of leaders and system in place to conduct and implement a free, fair and credible referendum to usher in a constitutional restructuring process? First, will governments at all levels support a referendum for important constitutional questions of the day? Secondly, do we have a credible electoral process in place to conduct a fair and transparent referendum in Nigeria? And thirdly, even if we conduct a referendum, will the leaders on all sides respect and...
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