Introduction
This position paper sets out to examine the crucial place of an organic constitution in consolidating the logic of democracy as the best known mechanism for effective regulation and coordination of human affairs in any given political setting. It emphasizes the early faith that the founding fathers of Nigeria had in the philosophy of federalism and presents the dangers inherent in a dysfunctional federation in the management of a heterogeneous and plural society. It traces the journey of constitutionalism in Nigeria and appreciates that, at best, and till this moment, Nigeria has only had legal and valid constitutions but certainly not legitimate ones. It examines the constant character and processes towards a people’s constitution and argues that the conspiracies of the Colonial Masters in the first instance, the Nigerian Military thereafter and now their elite political collaborators in imposing Constitutions on the people of Nigeria have remain both a travesty and
States should decide their model of LG ― El-Rufai
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Rumblings from the south
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Southern Nigeria: Of Federalism and Conservative Rumblings, By Dakuku Peterside
Many stakeholders in Nigeria have concluded that the country presently does not seem to be working.
Meeting of Southern States’ Governors in Delta State [PHOTO CREDIT: @seyiamakinde]
The governors also stated that the Federal Government should take urgent and bold steps to restructure the Nigerian federation. This restructuring should lead to the evolution of state police, a review of the revenue allocation formula in favour of the sub-national governments and creation of other institutions, which legitimately advance our commitment to and practice of true federalism.
The amalgamation of the Southern and Northern protectorates in 1914 to form the Nigerian state seems unfinished. Since this union, there has been constant and continuous agitation for a national debate, under different names, to discuss the existence and future of the country. During periods of crisis, these divergent protectorates, al