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‘Nigeria risks disintegration without urgent full scale restructuring’ – Anyaoku

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Anyaoku on restructuring

Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations and Chairman of the Eminent Patriots of Nigeria, a group of elder statesmen seeking a review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), Emeka Anyaoku, has called on Nigeria to adopt a full-scale restructuring of the country now or risk disintegration in future. He also called for adoption of State Police, saying over 614,937 persons have lost their lives due to insecurity in the last two years Presenting a communiqué after a three-day seminar organised by the Patriots, Anyaoku said, ”the Patriots are very…

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No leader can fix Nigeria with 1999 Constitution Anyaoku

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Anyaoku

Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, has warned that it would be difficult for anybody to fix Nigeria with the present 1999 Constitution. The elder statesman spoke at the launch of the book: The Noble Academic and Patriot: A Biography of Emeritus, Professor Akinjide Osuntokun, which was held in Lagos State. According to the ex-diplomat, Nigeria as a pluralistic country needs to address its diversity with true federal Constitutions. He said as long as the status quo remains, not even angels can tackle the countrys problem under the present system.…

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Nigeria needs new Constitution to move forward – Anyaoku

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Former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, yesterday declared that the way forward for Nigeria is a new Constitution if the country truly desires to end the unprecedented level of divisiveness and declining sense of national unity among its people. The former Commonwealth scribe made the call in Ekiti State while delivering the 2023 Convocation Lecture of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, titled: Management of Diversity: A Major Challenge to Governance in Pluralistic Countries. Anyaoku said to achieve the desired transformation for the better, the country needs a system…

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Steps Buhari, NASS must take to save Nigeria Sultan, Anyaoku, Soyinka, others

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Some senior citizens and leaders of thoughts from a broad spectrum of the Nigerian society, at the weekend, expressed grave concerns over the future of the country, putting forward a road map to rescue Nigeria from the brink of total collapse. The elder statesmen were unanimous in separate submissions at the 2021 edition of the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation Lecture Series, with the theme: Whither Nigeria, that the country has sunk deeper into a frightening multifaceted crisis that required expeditious action and solution. The event, which was held via Zoom with…

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