By Tony Edike

ENUGU — THE Society for Preservation of Rotation Convention, SPRC, has called on state Houses of Assembly to reject the constitution amendment recently carried out by members of the National Assembly, saying the exercise did not meet the yearnings of millions of Nigerians.

SPRC said the National Assembly only embarked on a voyage of self-service and self-glorification under the guise of constitutional amendment and deliberately evaded and dashed the high expectations of Nigerians for genuine electoral reform.

In a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Osita Okechukwu, the group described the first amendment of the 1999 Constitution as a wasteful exercise as, according to it, the lawmakers in handling the important issue “placed petty and narrow interests above national interest”.

The statement read in part: “The Society for Preservation of Rotation Convention is outraged over how the National Assembly unpatriotically embarked on voyage of self-service and self-glorification, evaded and smashed the high expectations of Nigerians for genuine electoral reform.

“Hence, it converted the First Amendment of the 1999 Constitution into self-service and self-glorification.”