{"id":62317,"date":"2018-05-21T22:34:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T21:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=62317"},"modified":"2018-05-21T22:34:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T21:34:23","slug":"buhari-runs-a-sectional-government-prof-ben-nwabueze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/buhari-runs-a-sectional-government-prof-ben-nwabueze\/","title":{"rendered":"Buhari Runs A Sectional Government-Prof Ben Nwabueze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">Seasoned Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Ben\u00a0 Nwabueze has declared that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigeria is being administered\u00a0 as if it belongs to just one section.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">This is as the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike stated that\u00a0 the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">only way\u00a0 democracy can function is for\u00a0 the right thing to be done at all<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">times.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Speaking during the public lecture in commemoration of the 3rd Anniversary<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">administration of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike in Port Harcourt on Monday,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Professor\u00a0 Nwabueze said that the country belongs\u00a0 to all Nigerians.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said: &#8216;We are all Nigerians and we abhor what is happening today.\u00a0 We<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">want an all-inclusive government.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Elder Statesman noted that the promotion of nepotism and sectionalism<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">is killing the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He noted that the country needs to cross the river\u00a0 of pervasion, to stop<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the several pervasive actions that undermines democracy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said: &#8220;It is the pervasion of Section 308 of the Constitution of the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Federal Republic of Nigeria for the residence of a serving governor to be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">searched.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;You can investigate the governor, but you cannot execute a search warrant<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">on the residence of a governor.\u00a0 If the residence of the President cannot<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">be searched, why should anyone search the residence of a governor?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nwabueze said that the salvation of Nigeria rests with youthful leaders<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">who are expected to drive the development process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said: &#8220;Governor Wike is one of the young people that can take over. My<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">generation is gone. My generation cannot save this country.\u00a0 We are<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">charging Governor Wike as a leader of this generation, with the energy of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">youth, to take up the mantle&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Governor Wike in his remarks, said the will of the people is critical for<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the survival\u00a0 of democracy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He noted that the Rivers State Government will always rise in defence of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the mandate of the people, irrespective of the negative actions of<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">anti-democratic\u00a0 forces.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The governor noted that it is not in the interest of democracy for the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people to sit idly and allow criminal elements undermine democracy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The system in Nigeria\u00a0 has intimidated\u00a0 the judiciary and INEC. If the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">people did not resist the invasion of the court, APC and Police would have<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">gotten away with it&#8221;, he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said that opposition leaders in Rivers State play self-centred politics<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">which makes it difficult for them to appreciate the state-wide development<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">In his lecture titled: &#8220;Democracy in Nigeria: Still Many Rivers to Cross&#8221;,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Guest Speaker and Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Most Reverend Mathew<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Kukah said any assault on the judiciary is the greatest threat to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">democracy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said Nigerians must find a way of developing a country of democrats<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">where democratic tenets can thrive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The cleric said Nigeria needs to invest in the architecture of peace by<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">making the nation&#8217;s environment sufficiently habitable.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Former Rivers State Governor, Dr Peter Odili, High Court Judges,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Legislators, Traditional Rulers and the academia attended the event.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasoned Constitutional Lawyer, Professor Ben\u00a0 Nwabueze has declared that Nigeria is being administered\u00a0 as if it belongs to just one section. 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