The Making of the 1989 Constitution of Nigeria

As chairman of the Constituent Assembly, inaugurated on 11 May 1988 by General Ibrahim Babagida, Aniagolu places on record the danger that exists over attempts to make Nigeria a nation.

In the foreword of the book, Samuel J. Cookey - member of the Constituent Assembly, posits: “The Constituent Assembly taught me a disappointing lesson: that our country is anything but united and that many of our so-called leaders are not truly educated, and therefore not equipped for leadership.”

It is a book for the reader searching for the character of Nigeria that makes it poor, weak, insecure and non-productive. In the book is the vision of nation building.

Paperback 

307 pages