RE-THINKING THE 2005-2006 ATTEMPT AT REVIEWING THE NIGERIAN CONSTITUTION
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2013-08
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Department of Political Science, Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Ilorin
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As an establish body of rules from which other norms derive, the constitution represents the totality of fundamental rules which establish and regulate the whole system of government of a country. However, Nigeria's previous experiences have shown that the process of arriving at this important framework has been devoid of free participation of the people. Even the hopes of democratic governance serving as springboard for a holistic review of the constitution has since 1999, when the country re-democratised, remained one of high expectations and dashed hopes. While the 2005-2006 attempt represent a mild stone towards producing a people oriented constitution, it however, in the end was not to be as it became truncated.
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Constitution, people, Orientation, Review, Democracy