Earlier this year, the Patriot, a group of respected elder statesmen in Nigeria organised a colloquium in honour of eminent constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, who passed on few months ago. On that occasion they made an express call for a new federal constitution for Nigeria. They renewed that call on a visit to President Bola Tinubu few days ago. There are those who erroneously believe that a new constitution is not what Nigeria needs at this point in her history. How wrong they are! The reality is that the governance and fiscal arrangements entrenched in the 1999 constitution are indeed at the very heart of the dysfunctional economy, as well as the corrupt and ineffective leadership currently plaguing the country. To divorce constitutionalism from governance is to advertently or inadvertently foist on a country a recipe for disaster. A country that is genuinely desirous of growth must first pay special attention to its constitutional architecture. If the architectural de...
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