Not Even Angel Gabriel Can Fix Nigeria's Problem with the 1999 Constitution – Anyaoku Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka...
Not Even Angel Gabriel Can Fix Nigeria's Problem with the 1999 Constitution – Anyaoku
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has cautioned that it would be challenging for anyone to rectify Nigeria's situation with the current constitution.
According to the elder statesman and former diplomat, Nigeria, being a diverse nation, must confront its plurality with genuine federal constitutions.
He stated that as long as the existing conditions persist, not even angels could resolve the nation's issues under the current framework.
“To those who think that the trouble with Nigeria today is the political leadership, I would say that as long as we have the 1999 Constitution as our grundnorm”, it (would be difficult)
“Not even Angel Gabriel or Malaikah Jibril as leaders can successfully tackle the divisiveness, underperforming economy with the resultant poverty, insecurity, humongous corruption and other major challenges currently facing Nigeria,” Anyaoku said.
Anyaoku said, “the country’s population consists of groups of peoples long established in their separate geographical areas with different histories, cultures, languages and religions.
He added that pluralistic countries which have survived as single political entities in unity and progress are those that addressed their diversity with genuine federal constitutions.
Citing examples of India, Canada and Switzerland, the former Commonwealth secretary-general, stressed that if our pluralistic Nigeria is to achieve true unity and political stability to successfully tackle the serious challenges it currently faces, it must have a truly federal constitution” Anyaoku stated.
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