Federal Character: The Hunter and the Hunted

By Uche Igwe Earlier this week, I read an unsettling account about the alleged lopsided nature of recent recruitment into the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am sure interested parties will in their own time verify the accuracy of the issues raised in that report.. However, after reading the report I decided to take a cursory look at the Federal Character Principle to get a more nuanced understanding of how it has been implemented so far in the Nigerian Federal Civil Service. For the sake of clarity, the federal character principle was promoted during the constituent assembly and later emerged in the 1979 Constitution.read more
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