(Continued from last Monday)

Sections 130(1) and (2) of the Constitution say the President is the commander-in-chief  of the armed forces. So, Mr. President you are a troop commander. You are a General.  You are an Admiral. You are an Air Marshall. You are Inspector-General. You must  command troops against unemployment, hunger, disease, corruption, inflation, darkness,  poverty, terrorism, bombings, kidnappings, armed robbery, dilapidation of roads, infrastructural decay, systems failure, fall of health and education and strike them down. Rise up from your lethargy, take the bull by the horn and command the troops of the Nigerian masses and galvanize, harness the vast natural resources of the nation for the good of the people of Nigeria. Mobilize, inspire, ginger, motivate, encourage, dictate, fire up, lift lip, stimulate, the Nigerian spirit for the Nigerian of our dreams. Command the Economy, tame the unruly horses of market forces, beat them into line. Find time to read my next work titled CONSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS. It will provide fuller insight on the Nigerian Economy. You do not need every one to love you. Even the Constitution is aware of this, hence it provided that you only need one quarter of votes in two thirds of the States and FCT. After all, you would leave in 2015. Therefore, seize the moment. Write your name in gold.

Mr  President, you are a dictator. But be a constitutional dictator. It is not a sin. Constitutional Dictatorship has the approval of God: See Romans Chapter 13 verses 1 to 8. The Nigerian Constitution by the enormous powers it invested in the office and personality of the President, created a dictator. Reading through the provisions of Sections I (I), (2) and (3); 130(I) and (2) of the Constitution and the Oath of Allegiance and Oath of Office of President, in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, and the entirety of the federal legislative, executive and judicial powers in Chapter 1 Part II, Chapter V Part 1 and Chapter VI Part 1 of the Constitution, you would find a creation of a Constitutional Dictator by the Constitution itself In the Presidential Oaths, the President swore, inter alia,

That I will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that in all circumstances, I will do right to all manner of people, according to law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will; and that I will devote myself to  the service and well-being of the people of Nigeria. So help me God.

This Oath is capable of only one interpretation: that is, that in the discharge or your presidential duties as head of state, chief executive and commander in chief of the armed forces of Nigeria, you neither fear nor favour any man. You neither love nor hate any man. You neither regard nor despise any man, As President, only two immutable forces influence and direct your decisions and actions, namely, God, whose help you seek, and the Constitution, which you solemnly swore to preserve, protect and defend So what dictates to you, and what you should insist on and dictate to Nigeria and Nigerians, is the Constitution. That is Constitutional Dictatorship. By way of definition, Constitutional Dictatorship is the insistent relation in all matters at all times by persons in authority in government and other sectors of public institutions and administration with other persons and institutions simply and purely according to law under the guidance or God and not according to the personal dispositions, whims or caprices of those persons, in authority. See Sections 1 and 130 of the Constitution, the presidential oaths, the preamble to the Constitution, Romans13:1-8.

Under this style Mr. President, no one would fault or grudge you. You would only be  operating and ensuring the operation of provisions of the Constitution. Since you would neither adopt the styles of a lion, nor of King David or Pharaoh, I recommend to you what I call Constitutional Dictatorship as a style of governance Mr. President, do not be a lion, or a King David or King Pharaoh, as you have said, in your rulership of Nigeria. But you must, in the true sense of the terms as provided in the Constitution, be a president, a head of state, a chief executive, and a commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria. For a fuller reading of the signification and connotation of these terms and appellations, read my work titled Office and Duties of President Under the Nigerian Constitution. May God help you as you have prayed.

Amen

•Austin Osarenkhoe a legal practitioner, wrote in from Benin City 08035302022,08053311022.