National Language Policy and the Search for National Integration in Nigeria~!2008-03-12~!2009-10-14~!2010-02-04~!

Ojo, Emmanuel O.

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“…The concept of integration is one of those elusive concepts in terms of definition [21]. The literature on integration is replete with different definitions of the term [22]. According to [23], it is often not clear how the concept is to be interpreted.…”

Section: National Integrationmentioning

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Party Politics and National Integration in Nigeria: An Appraisal of All Progressive Congress 2019-2023

Udenta,

Udenta

2024

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This study examined party politics and national integration in Nigeria: an appraisal of All Progressive Congress (APC). It conceptualized political parties and national integration. The study raised two objectives namely: Ascertain how All Progressive Congress (APC) politics has promoted national integration in Nigeria between 2015 and 2023. Determine how All Progressive Congress (APC) politics has undermined national integration in Nigeria. Systems theory was used as the theory for the study. Ex-post facto design was used. Data used for the study were derived through secondary sources. Thematic content analysis was used to analyze the data. The findings of the study show that APC has made some contributions towards national integration in Nigeria. The finding of the study also shows that these efforts have their challenges which militated against them in the realization of their objectives. While the efforts were intended to achieve national integration, solidarity and unity, it ended up creating disunity among the people, and marginalization of one section by the other thereby leading to intense struggle for power between and or among people from different ethnic groups. The study concluded that due to the nature of party politics, APC as a political party has not been able to live up to expectation as a veritable instrument for national integration. Secondly, some of the party leaders are more powerful than the political party itself and as such their selfish personal interest overrides the interest of the party and the nation as the case may be. The study recommended that political parties must run issue-based campaigns devoid of hate speech or disinformation to restore their integrity in the eyes of citizens. Once elected and/ or appointed to political office, party members must follow through on the promises made during the campaign period. Also, political parties must be held accountable for their abuses of the system and failure to represent the interests of the Nigerian people. Keywords: Political Party, Party Politics, National Integration

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Section: National Integrationmentioning

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Party Politics and National Integration in Nigeria: An Appraisal of All Progressive Congress 2019-2023

Udenta,

Udenta

2024

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“…From the perspective of Ojo (2009), national integration is the relationship of community among people within the same political entity, a state of disposition to be cohesive, togetherness and commitment to mutual programmes. It involves awareness of a common identity amongst the citizens, which make up a particular nation and have different identities such as religion, culture, ethnicity, language, and history, yet they are united.…”

Section: National Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It reduces socio-cultural inequalities among the citizens of a nation, thereby engendering unity and national progress. National integration is also viewed as a process by which members of a social system develop linkages and connections so that the boundaries of sub-systems become less consequential in affecting their behaviour (Ojo, 2009). It is the process followed by ethnically plural society in which different groups are having various languages, cultures by eliminating their parochial loyalties.…”

Section: National Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnic politics and National Integration in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

Aderayo

Olawunmi²

2022

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

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“…Ordinally, ethnicity is not evil, nor does it carry negativity, but political actors in most developing countries have made it a variable of the divide. Nigeria is a multicultural state, with over 250 ethnic groups, each distinct in the language spoken, dressing mode, food, and even social settings (Ojo, 2009). Ethnic groups are often in competition for scarce resources and recognition.…”

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The Political Economy of Ethnic Politics in Nigeria

Ijeomah

2024

AKSUJOSS

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Ethnicity is not evil; neither is ethnic politics generally bad, but it possesses elements that can hinder development in states with low national integration and political bias. This paper examined the impact of ethnic politics on the Nigerian political economy, considering the practices of ethnic interest that have tended to relegate the national interest to sub-ethnic interest, thus hindering the Nigerian state's growth and development. The Marxian political economy theory was adopted to understand the political economy of the ethnic political game playing out as a class of the politicians and the masses. The qualitative research method was used, and data were analysed using the content analysis method based on secondary data. The finding showed that what gave rise to and fueled ethnic bias politics in Nigeria are imbalanced structure and absence of good governance. This further created polarisation and problems of trust among ethnic groups. The paper recommended inclusiveness and fairness in formulating policies and allocating political cum economic values/resources among ethnic groups in Nigeria.

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National Language Policy and the Search for National Integration in Nigeria~!2008-03-12~!2009-10-14~!2010-02-04~!

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Party Politics and National Integration in Nigeria: An Appraisal of All Progressive Congress 2019-2023

Party Politics and National Integration in Nigeria: An Appraisal of All Progressive Congress 2019-2023

Ethnic politics and National Integration in Nigeria's Fourth Republic

The Political Economy of Ethnic Politics in Nigeria

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