As long as Nigeria continues with its current inapt political structure, its descent to self-destruction is definite. The ominous signs are there for any discerning mind to see, except those with impaired vision and beneficiaries of the prejudicial system.
The abrogation and replacement of the 1963 Constitution with a unitary system was therefore a very costly political mistake made by General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. Rather than reverse this anomaly, the counter-coup of northern elements in the army that brought General Yakubu Gowon to power sustained this same inappropriate structure that was partly responsible for their vengeance. This is the genesis of Nigeria’s unending woes and steady free fall into an abyss and to self-destruct.
If this special waiver deliberately imposed by this Constitution was put in place to correct the educational and employment imbalance, among others, between the North and the South in public sector, for how long will this system be sustained? Is it in perpetuity? It has been in place even before 1960, and was given legal and official cover by the 1979 Constitution, and later the 1999 Constitution.
Besides the disparity in favour of the North, the 1999 Constitution is the root cause of corruption in the country. It concentrates power and resources in the hands of one man, promotes nepotism and encourages leaders to take total control of governmental instrument to pursue ethnic and sectional agenda.
Allowing the North to get away with this power-sharing disparity suggests the North is the superior partner, and the South, the inferior in the union. Implicitly, while political and economic opportunities are shrinking in the South, the North is experiencing increase. This is manifest in recruitment pattern in ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government, among others.
Nigeria’s miseries are further compounded by the prevailing political uncertainty and leadership vacuum fueled by the eccentric 1999 Constitution. Any country that is destined for greatness is known by the demeanour of those charged to manage its affairs. How far such a country can go in meeting the aspirations of its citizenry is determined by the quality of the leadership thought process.
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