- Chief Emeka Anyaoku
A former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has said that Nigeria’s current constitution would not adequately address the nation’s economic predicaments and other myriad challenges.
Anyaoku spoke to newsmen on Saturday in his country home, Obosi village of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
He said the current challenges being faced in the nation like poverty, insecurity, and dilapidated infrastructure, among others, were serious challenges bedevilling the country.
“I am on record for saying that these challenges cannot be effectively addressed under the constitution and governance system we have at the moment.
“We cannot effectively address these challenges that have assumed nationwide dimension, especially insecurity which has pervaded the Northern part of the country and other communities,” he said.
He stressed that the current constitution was a departure from the constitution that the nation’s founding fathers negotiated and agreed upon.
“The constitution for a pluralistic state as Nigeria; we have to return to those principles of the constitution as earlier agreed by our founding fathers.
“Until we do that, I am afraid that we cannot effectively deal with the challenges facing the nation,” he added. [Vanguard]
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