The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, made the position of the Nigerian Government known in a press release on Thursday.
He said that while the Federal Government recognizes and appreciates the inalienable right of Nigerians to freely express themselves and proffer solutions to perceived national challenges, the government is concerned that Nigerians are being unwittingly led to believe that a prescription such as an interim national government can be adopted as viable solution to the nation’s challenges.
He refereed to the idea of an interim government as being totally alien to the constitution.
According to him, “For avoidance of doubt, it is pertinent to state that the framers of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, did not envisage the constitution of interim national government to superintend over the affairs of government.
“It is therefore not surprising to observe that no provision for interim national government was made in the constitution.”
He enjoined Nigerians to continue to rely on the constitution, which contains adequate provisions on how the democratic process can be activated, to elect their leaders from time to time as the contraption called “interim national government” remains alien to Nigeria’s constitutional framework.
He added that the arrangement should not be promoted by well-meaning Nigerians under any guise or circumstance.
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