THE NIGERIA 1999 ECONOMIC POLICY AND OBJECTIVE: AN UNFULFILLED MISSION OF EXPECTATION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15837/aijjs.v8i3.1450Abstract
The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria contains beautiful provisions for economic policy and objective under chapter two of the country’s fundamental objectives and direct principles of the state policy. And by section 16 of the said Constitution, the economic objectives of the state are well spelt out that if followed to the letters, Nigeria would have been a paradise on earth and a country to be recognized as a developed nation. But alas, the operators of the Constitution have woefully failed in this direction. Thus the majority of the people inNigeriaare left to wallow in despicable hunger, unemployment, poor living condition and lack of many indices of social and welfare developmental services.
           The condition is so bad that unless all these unpalatable and monumental factors are well addressed, the country may sooner or later reach its waterloo of extinction.
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