Time to Terminate the 1999 Constitution: Why NINAS Calls for a Fresh Federal Pact

Nigerians often debate elections and electoral reform while overlooking how the 1999 Constitution fuels insecurity and injustice. Media voices and celebrity lawyers push for amendments, yet ignore that the current charter was imposed without legitimacy. In December 2020, NINAS declared a Constitutional Force Majeure and issued its Transition Template. This time-bound plan would pause elections under the old document and convene ethnic nations to negotiate a fresh federal compact within 18 months. Despite this clear roadmap, political, religious and traditional leaders cling to an illegitimate constitution that they know has failed the nation. Closing down existing parties and holding a structured constitutional convention is the only way to restore true democracy. Power holders treat this rescue plan as a threat to their interests. If you demand genuine change, join the call to end the 1999 Constitution and build a new union agreement by “We the Peoples.”

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