The aim of federal character as a principle is to ensure thatall public service institutions, ethnic, and geographicdiversity of the country. To this, Section 14 (3) and (4) ofthe 1999 Constitution (as amended) is to the effect that: thegovernment or any of its agencies and the conduct of itsaffairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect thefederal character of Nigeria and the need to promotenational unity and also to command national loyalty,thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance ofpersons from a few states or from a few ethnic or othersectional groups in that government. However, thechallenges of imbalance in our national life between statesand ethnic groups in relation to the educational sector,appointments and recruitments based on quota system andthe non-justiciability of Chapter II of the 1999 Constitutionas amended have a serious challenge to the properimplementation of the federal character principle in thecountry. Due to the nature of the research, doctrinal methodwas adopted in the conduct of this research, whereinprimary and secondary sources were consulted. Theprimary sources include: legislation, cases etc. while thesecondary sources include: books, journals as well asinternet materials. The paper observes that: nonjusticiability of Chapter II of the 1999 Constitution (asamended) and lack of fairness in making appointments,promotions and recruitments has seriously undermined thesmooth and effective implementation of federal characterprinciples in the country. The paper recommends that,chapter II of the 1999 Constitution be made to be justiciableand the governments both at the Federal, State and LocalGovernments level be fair in their appointments,promotions and recruitments.