{"id":70768,"date":"2025-07-16T14:51:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70768"},"modified":"2025-07-16T14:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:51:37","slug":"credible-constitution-key-to-solving-nigerias-challenges-emeka-anyaoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/16\/credible-constitution-key-to-solving-nigerias-challenges-emeka-anyaoku\/","title":{"rendered":"Credible Constitution Key to Solving Nigeria\u2019s Challenges -Emeka Anyaoku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says Nigeria\u2019s deep-rooted challenges can only be effectively tackled through the adoption of a credible, people-driven constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a public policy dialogue in Abuja, Anyaoku described the 1999 Constitution as flawed and unrepresentative of the will of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He said the document, a legacy of military rule, continues to fuel political instability, insecurity, economic stagnation, and regional divisions.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that only a constitution anchored on true federalism; one that devolves more powers and resources to the states, can halt Nigeria\u2019s steady decline.<\/p>\n<p>The current centralised structure, he said, breeds inefficiency and stifles development.<\/p>\n<p>Anyaoku urged the political class and civil society to push for a genuine constitution-making process that involves broad national consultation.<\/p>\n<p>Such a move, he said, would give Nigerians a sense of ownership in governance and strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that without addressing the country\u2019s constitutional foundation, other reforms will only yield temporary results.<\/p>\n<p>Anyaoku\u2019s remarks come as calls for restructuring, state policing, and constitutional amendments intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith &nbsp; Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says Nigeria\u2019s deep-rooted challenges can only be effectively tackled through the adoption of a credible, people-driven constitution. Speaking at a public policy dialogue in Abuja, Anyaoku described the 1999 Constitution as flawed and unrepresentative of the will of Nigerians. He said the document, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70770,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70768\/revisions\/70770"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}