House of chiefs should be the next, by Eric Teniola
Now that we are about to establish State Police in the Constitution, the next step should be the establishment of a House of Chiefs in the Constitution too. It is a wish. I am afraid the wish may be dead on arrival. Considering the present set of politicians that we have, I do not see the […]
The blunder in not having state police (3)
By Eric Teniola This is a continuation from last week of the names and profiles of members of the Constitution Drafting Committee and sub-committees, set up in 1975 by the late General Ramat Murtala Muhammed DR. Obi Wali (27 February 1932 – 26 April 1993) was an intellectual giant compared to his height. Dr Wali would […]
The blunder in not having state police (2)
By Eric Teniola This is a continuation from last of the list of members of the Constitution Drafting Committee, including its seven sub-committees, set up in 1975 by the late General Ramat Murtala Muhammed A TRADITIONAL title holder, the late High Chief Ekanem-Ita was the Ada-idaha-ke-Eburutu; Etonwed Efik Eburutu; Mkpisong Ukara Ekondo Efik; Ikpamfum Calabar […]
The blunder in not having state police
By Eric Teniola THE non-inclusion of State Police in the Constitution was an error. It was a grave omission. The lapse occurred in 1976, that is 46 years ago. No one could have imagined 46 years ago that our security challenges would become so grave to this level, that we now live in perpetual fear […]
The era of lame-duck is here (3)
By Eric Teniola From last week, this continues the quotation from Dr. Peter Odili’s book titled, “Conscience and History: My Story” narrating what happened during the PDP convention in December 2006. ‘THEN came the D-Day: December 16, 2006-the date of the convention. I was invited for morning prayers with the president at the presidential villa […]
The era of lame-duck is here (2)
By Eric Teniola The first part of this piece published last week said the lame-duck era was when ministers rush memos to the Cabinet secretariat for approval by the Federal Executive Council as was the case during the General Abdusalam Abubakar regime THE only thing remarkable about the lame-duck era of General Abdusalam Abubakar was […]
