Path To A Nigerian Constitution: The Awolowo Road Not Taken -Lecture By Pius Adesanmi
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Channel: SaharaTV · 2014 · News & Politics
Thirty years before independence, Obafemi Awolowo, had always pointed out the significance of embedding every factor about human/citizen's life in the Nigerian constitution. Awolowo emphasized this view through his books, speeches, and every theater. Most of all, in his view, the need for Nigeria to develop a Federal constitution as the only workable instrument to protect the interest of every Nigerian citizen. Professor Pius Adesanmi was the keynote speaker at the 2014 edition of the Awolowo Foundation annual lecture. He weighed-in on Federal and Unitary alternatives of the constitution making, based on Awolowo's formula... "Igbo ree; ona ree" meaning "The right path and the wrong path" The lecturer evaluated present day Nigeria as an adaptation of a Unitary system, which is against what Obafemi Awolowo prescribed. Enjoy!
