Until we do that, I am afraid that we cannot effectively deal with the challenges facing the nation
By Moses Okorie
Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku has called for an end to the regular Monday sit-at-home as ordered of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, saying it is causing the region more harm than good.
Speaking to newsmen in his country home of Obosi in Idemili North Local Government of Anambra State on Saturday, Anyaoku said the exercise has cost the region its economic gains.
Anyaoku has also said that the current Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria would not adequately address the nation’s economic predicaments and other myriad of challenges.
He said the current challenges being faced in the nation like poverty, insecurity, and dilapidated infrastructure among others were serious challenges bedeviling the country.
“I am on record for saying that these challenges cannot be effectively addressed under the constitution and governance system we have at the moment.
“We cannot effectively address these challenges that have assumed nationwide dimension especially insecurity, which has pervaded the northern part of the country and other communities” he said.
“The constitution for a pluralistic state as Nigeria, we have to return to those principles of the constitution as earlier agreed by our founding fathers.
“Until we do that, I am afraid that we cannot effectively deal with the challenges facing the nation,” he added.