Why is Nigeria a tottering underdeveloped country-state even after sixty-two years of supposed independence and notwithstanding its vast production of highly educated manpower in all the facets of learning, knowhow and industry? In other words, why is Nigeria degenerating into a failed state that is characterised with mammoth insecurity, corruption and slide into a state of anomie? Indeed, why has Nigeria been run aground virtually and is now sliding back to the normal state of nature? I think...
To cap it up, we can say that historically Nigeria’s post-independence constitutional, political and resultant developmental crisis kicked off very early in the day with the manipulations and revisionism that overthrew its better structured 1960 Independence Constitution and replaced it with the so-called 1963 Republican Constitution, and lately the rogue 1999 Constitution – with dire consequences for the country and its peoples.
Indeed, Nigeria has since its birthing remained what might be called a modern state that coexists with the ancient Fulani Empire called the Sokoto Caliphate, which has continued to peddle disproportionate influence and power.