President Buhari Lacks Power To Impose Restructuring On Nigeria – Garba Shehu

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, has said that President Buhari “has no power to impose restructuring on the country by military diktat.”

In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Tuesday, Shehu stated that President Buhari is constitutionally bound to work with the National Assembly to deal with such complex issues.

“The National Assembly members are the elected representatives of the people who can handle agitations for restructuring and other constitutional changes,” Shehu mentioned.

He further stressed that President Buhari would not exercise arbitrary powers or bypass the legislature in taking such fundamental decisions.

“Changes don’t happen on a whim in a democracy; the ‘immediate effect’ military mentality cannot work under a democratic order.

“Since the President has sworn to defend the Constitution, he would remain faithful to that oath by working with the legislature in taking major decisions on the future of Nigeria’s federal system,” he said.