Interim government recipe for anarchy, Uzodinma opposes Afe Babalola’s proposal

 

Hope Uzodimma, Imo state governor, says proposition of an interim government by Afe Babalola, founder of Afe Babalola University, will not argur well for the country.

Recall that Babalola had on Monday in Ekiti call for an interim government at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure

He said the 2023 elections should be suspended, while an interim government should be in office for six months to develop “a new-look peoples’ constitution which should provide for part-time legislators and non-executive president”.

Reacting to Babalola’s proposal, Uzodimma said Nigeria’s constitution did not make provisions for interim government.

Uzodimma, who made his stance known during a chat with state house correspondents on Tuesday, said an interregnum was a recipe for anarchy and upheaval.

He said: “By May 29, if there is no elected government, our constitution has not provided for an interregnum. There shouldn’t be a gap, otherwise, you are creating room for anarchy.”