Ethnic politics and National Integration in Nigeria's Fourth Republic
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چکیده
One of the contentious issues affecting national integration in Nigeria is ethnic politics. An ethnicity a potent tool for mobilizing access to power and resources Nigeria. It has not only affected nation-building but also constituted security governance challenges threatening integration. Despite different measures adopted foster unity among groups, primordial sentiments pervade political system, festering like malignant tumour with associated prognosis. The paper explored implications politics on Nigeria's Fourth Republic. Data elicited from secondary sources were utilized study. findings showed that dominant groups determine party formation, voting patterns allocation public goods. Ethnic deployed by class maintain their grip while other sub-ethnic are sidelined. Undue ethnicization encouraged prebendalised democratic development. Electoral malpractices, instability crises experienced have roots study recommended, things, there need reorientation Nigerian citizens danger ethnicized portends Furthermore, redefine citizenship, indigene-settler syndrome son soil conundrum been spurring
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Khazar journal of humanities and social sciences
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2223-2613', '2223-2621']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5782/2223-2621.2022.25.4.88