Afe Babalola, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and the founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, has warned that future elections should not be held under the current 1999 Constitution.
Babalola made the call during a ceremony commemorating the 12th anniversary of the creation of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday, stating that if such a circumstance occurred, Nigeria would cease to exist.
As a result, he argued that before the next general election, the National Assembly should enact a resolution adopting the 1960 Constitution.
Babalola said, “We must avoid recycling the old failed leaders in the governance of this country. Any mistake of electing a new set of leaders under the present constitution will ruin Nigeria completely.
“The simple way out is for the National Assembly to pass a resolution adopting the 1960/1963 Constitution with necessary amendments such as having in place six regions and a one-house parliament.”
He also lambasted the National Assembly for usurping the powers of the National Universities Commission in the establishment of universities across the country.
As a result, he charged the NUC and the Ministry of Education with resolving the matter “in the interest of the country’s quality education.”
“Every attempt must be made by all stakeholders to put a lid on the establishment of political universities that hardly survive those who put them in place after they are out of power, otherwise there will be a crash in the quality of private universities,” he added.
