I bet you did not even know your constitution was amended!

I am sure you did not know that the laws that govern all of us are going through a process of amendment. I am sure you were too busy to participate in the amendment process. The Federal lawmakers went round the country and had those 'public hearings'. They took the suggestions, went back to Abuja and came up with something that reflected their own selfish ends. What do you expect from a set of people who have killed the Freedom of Information Bill and the Anti-Corruption Bill. They changed the laws and sent the proposals to the State Assemblies. At the State Assemblies, most of the states rushed through- Kogi finished with the amendments in 24 hours! That was supposed to be our last chance to arrest this charade but again we were too busy. We had to go to work, we did not demand to interrogate the proposals in our States and demand that our States do not 'rubber-stamp'! Now they have finished the process and we are still too busy to view the amendments. We will still be too busy until they use the laws to clamp all of us away and until they do not allow us to go to the things that made us too busy in the first place. For all of us, citizens who are too busy to do much, here is to you. Please read these amendments and see what happened when we were too busy.

Section 66

Panel indictment can no longer be used to disqualify candidates.

Section 69
Recall of any member of house of representatives/senate will no longer go through a referendum.

Section 75
1991 census not to be used as basis for delineating constituencies. Latest census figures should be used.

Section 81
Financial autonomy for judiciary, INEC and National Assembly

Section 84
Financial autonomy for the remuneration and recurrent expenditure of INEC board members.

Section 110
Recall of any member of state house of assembly will no longer go through a referendum.

Section 132
Presidential election to hold 120-150 days to the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent.

Section 135
No tenure extension for a president who wins a rerun election. Can serve only a maximum of four years (for a term).

Section 145
If the president does not transmit a vacation letter within 21 days, the N’Assembly will pass a resolution making the VP acting president.

Section 156
Members of federal executive bodies, including INEC, must not be belong to any political party.

Section 160
INEC to make rules for itself without presidential interference.

Section 178
Governorship election to hold 120-150 days to the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent.

Section 180
No tenure extension for sitting governors who win rerun elections. Can serve only a maximum of four years (for a term) in total.

Section 190
If the gov does not transmit vacation letter within 21 days, state assembly will pass a resolution making the deputy gov the acting gov.

Section 200
Members of state executive bodies, including the electoral commission, must not belong to any political party.

Section 239
Appeal Court to be the first court of jurisdiction for petitions on: president, vice-president, gov and deputy gov.