{"id":70961,"date":"2025-07-18T13:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70961"},"modified":"2025-07-18T13:26:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:26:59","slug":"senator-nwoko-opposes-new-constitution-backs-amendments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/18\/senator-nwoko-opposes-new-constitution-backs-amendments\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Nwoko Opposes New Constitution, Backs Amendments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North, has dismissed calls to scrap the 1999 Constitution, urging instead for focused amendments to address Nigeria\u2019s current challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Friday, Nwoko described demands for an entirely new constitution as \u201cunrealistic,\u201d stressing that the existing document, though flawed, remains a workable framework that can be improved through inclusive reforms.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the importance of citizen participation in the ongoing constitutional review by the National Assembly and urged individuals and groups to submit proposals and attend public hearings.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review, Nwoko said key areas under consideration include true federalism, state and local government autonomy, and electoral reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA wholesale replacement could destabilize the country,\u201d he warned, adding, \u201cwhat we need is constructive engagement, not unrealistic demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 constitutional review continues nationwide, with lawmakers promising broad consultations and openness to meaningful changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North, has dismissed calls to scrap the 1999 Constitution, urging instead for focused amendments to address Nigeria\u2019s current challenges. Speaking in an interview on Friday, Nwoko described demands for an entirely new constitution as \u201cunrealistic,\u201d stressing that the existing document, though flawed, remains a workable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70963,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70961\/revisions\/70963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}