There are no plans by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to carry out constitutional amendments that will change Nigeria’s name to the United States of Nigeria and abolish Sharia Law in the Northern region.
The Presidency made the declaration on Thursday in reaction to a viral story.
In the statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, the Presidency described the story as part of the plot by some desperate politicians to create disaffection in the country and cause political crisis ahead of the general elections.
The Presidency said Tinubu was focused on the arduous task of entrenching and deepening the economic reforms his administration has embarked upon.
“He is focused on delivering more tangible dividends to Nigerians,” it said.
It added that Tinubu had no plan whatsoever to send any bill code-named Project True Federation to the National Assembly by December 15, a few weeks before the general election.
“Under our laws, constitutional changes and amendments are serious business that require legislative scrutiny, oversight and serious debate. The process of amending the constitution is not at the President’s or the National Assembly’s whim. It is a task that requires a 2/3 majority in both chambers of the National Assembly and the concurrence of 24 State Houses of Assembly,” the Presidency explained.
It urged Nigerians to ignore the viral story in its entirety, saying that the purveyors of the fake news were agents of destabilisation and merchants of disorder.
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