He also said that although a state governor was entitled to request more revenue, it must be done in line with the provision laid down by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC.
On the on-going trial of his predecessor, Chief James Ibori, the governor explained that he declined to comment on the case because it was still in the law court.
Uduaghan, spoke on Media, democratic governance and the challenges of national development, at the first distinguished lecture series organised by the School of Media Communication, Pan-African University, in Lagos.
While he attested to the fact that the 1999 constitution is imperfect, he berated advocates for the convocation of a national confab, saying they were out to cause trouble.
His words: “The issues of amendment are also in the constitution and the amendment in the constitution does not give room for a Sovereign National Conference. So, why do we want to deal with things that are not legal? Why do we want to deal with things that will make me hate you? What some people are setting out to do is for an ethnic group to face the other ethnic group.
No need for SNC
“Most of the things they said that day were based on ethnicity or region. That will not move us forward. It will cause more problem than we envisage. I do not believe that there is a need for a Sovereign National Conference, because a Sovereign National Conference, is a call for trouble, except we don’t have faith in our National Assembly and I think that is very wrong.
“We have a National Assembly that has been approving budgets over the years, the budgets are being used to run this country. Many of us are part of the running of this country. The constitution, obviously is not perfect, and to make it perfect, it has to pass through the National Assembly and follow due process.”
On northern govs’ demand
On the demand by northern governors and elders for more revenue, he said the request had to be in line with the provisions of the constitution.
According to him, “I think I have tried to deal with the issue....
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