Agbakoba Reiterate Calls for New National Order

Former National President, Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Chief Olisa Agbakoba has tasked president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to put efforts into bringing about a new national order in the country.

Agbakoba, who made the call at the weekend during a chat with journalists at his new office location at 10a, Ilabere Avenue Ikoyi, said the last elections came with expectations of Nigerians, which he said is a challenge.

“The president-elect must go back in history and borrow a leaf from ex-American President Roosevelt who ably dealt with the shock of the great depression that ravaged the United States of America when he became the US President in the 1930’s.

“The first shock to the Nigerian system is that we are in a post oil economy. The second shock is that our oil resources have gone out of fashion as the world moves from smelly hydrocarbon oil to clean shale oil. “In order to manage these shocks; the president-elect must rally Nigerians to the tough decisions he must take. The president will need the National Assembly fully behind him. The president-elect, like President Roosevelt, is encouraged to make an emergency proclamation before the National Assembly and present a profusion of executive orders and legislative proposals,” Agbakoba added.

He maintained that the recognition and effective management of the diverse nature of Nigeria is essential in arriving at a new national order.

“Buhari can build a new national order by recognising our diversity and managing it in an inclusive process that would lead to an agreed constitution by all Nigerian. The president-elect must refrain from calling yet another wasteful national conference. All that is needed is a comprehensive review of the reports of past national conferences. It will be a very difficult but not an impossible task.