Former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, has said that the current Nigerian constitution would not adequately address the nation’s economic predicaments and other myriad of challenges.

Anyaoku told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in his country home, Obosi village of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambara.

Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka, Anyaoku said the current challenges being faced in the nation like poverty, insecurity, and dilapidated infrastructure among others were serious challenges bedevelling the country.

“I am on record for saying that these challenges cannot be effectively addressed under the constitution and governance system we have at the moment.

“We cannot effectively address these challenges that have assumed a nationwide dimension, especially insecurity which has pervaded the northern part of the country and other communities,” he said.

The ex-Commonwealth secretary general stressed that the current constitution was a departure from the constitution that the nation’s founding fathers negotiated and agreed upon.