How the Nigerian Constitution Lied to You

🇳🇬 The Nigerian Constitution Lied to You

You’ve seen it before in the Constitution? “The government shall provide health care.”

“Every Nigerian child has a right to education.”

“The State shall ensure adequate shelter for all citizens.”

It’s all there in Chapter 2 of the Nigerian Constitution.

Plenty of promises. Sweet English. Hopeful words. But guess what?

You can’t sue the government if they fail to do any of it . Yes. You read that right.

There is a hidden clause in the same Constitution that cancels all those beautiful promises. It’s quietly hiding in *Section 6(6)(c).*

And this is what it entails: “The courts shall not have power to decide whether the government has followed the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy.”

In other words? They can promise you jobs, schools, hospitals and food. But when they fail, the law says you should keep quiet — because you can’t hold them legally responsible. That’s not a mistake.

That’s rot — carefully written into the law by people who never planned to be held accountable. That is why your father can die on a bad road, and nobody is sued.

Millions of children are out of school, and nobody answers.

Hospitals can be empty and deadly — yet the government says “We’re trying.”

Lecturers can go on strike for 8 months, and you’ll still pay full school fees.

You were set up. They told you you have a right — then gave you no way to enforce it. How do you call something a “right” if you can’t fight for it?

This is why Nigeria is the way it is. Not just because of corruption — but because the system itself is designed to protect failure and punish nothing.

Section 6(6)(c) is one of the most dangerous lines in the Constitution.

And they never teach it in school. Because if Nigerians knew, they would burn that section with their mouths.

But now you know. They promised you heaven, then used the law to give you nothing.

We’ve spent too long explaining the law. Now, we’re exposing the rot.

The White Lion

Deputy Admin Gen

Nigerian Government Worker’s