CONSTITUTION-YEAR 4
CONSTITUTION
This is the basic rules, regulations
and principles that govern people’s behaviour.
TYPES OF CONSTITUTION
1. Written Constitution:
This is where all the rules and laws which govern the country are written in
one document. Example, Nigeria’s constitution
2. Unwritten constitution:
This is where all the country’s rules and laws are not contained in just one
document. Example, Britain and Italy have an unwritten constitution.
3. Rigid constitution:
A rigid constitution requires special procedures before rules and laws can be
changed.
4. Flexible constitution: A flexible constitution does not require any
special procedure before it can be changed
NIGERIAN
CONSTITUTION
The current Nigerian constitution was written in 1999 and it
adopts the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights among other things which
states that:
All people are born equal and should have equal rights.
Everyone has the right to live, the right to be free and the right
to be safe.
Everyone has the right to freedom of
expression etc.
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