Abstract
There are many issues that most Nigerians have an agreement on. As a Contemporary Social Psychologist, one of these is that we want a better Nigeria. We need transformation in all our circumstances as a people and as a nation, to live in peace and unity for enduring economic development. This paper uses the theory of conflict by Karl Marx to interrogate how conflict resolution could be achieved through the process of individual transformation. All Nigerians are likely to agree that they want a peaceful, stable, and prosperous country. Nigerians as also aware of the reality of conflicts manifest in inter- communal clashes, ethnic rivalries, religious rivalries, and terrorism. While government often seek militarized approaches to conflict resolution, this paper, anchored on the belief that all conflicts are first personal before they become communal and national. The paper also proposes the deliberate education of the individual citizen on conflict resolution. The paper therefore examines types of conflicts, actors, conflict development in Nigeria and offers eighteen (18) conflict management approaches.
Highlights
Conflict is a situation of disagreement as a result of opposing ideas or opinions, between two parties, which is often expressed as a struggle whether within one’s own self or between interdependent parties who feel that there is a threat to their interests, needs or concerns
Conflict according to the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) (2003), is a struggle that involves two or more opposing forces for limited resources, values, perceived wishes, ideas, or actual incompatible goals or deep-seated needs
An instance is the conflict between Eleme-Sangama, Soku and Oluasiri communities in Bayelsa and River States of the Niger Delta region, over ownership of the land on which the liquefied natural gas (LNG) is located
Summary
Conflict is a situation of disagreement as a result of opposing ideas or opinions, between two parties, which is often expressed as a struggle whether within one’s own self or between interdependent parties who feel that there is a threat to their interests, needs or concerns It may take the form of a hostile encounter as a result of differences in goals, expectations or objectives among the individuals or groups. Whether a conflict exists or not depends on our perception of the situation, which largely makes conflict a perceived phenomenon It can either be healthy or unhealthy, orderly or disorderly, and is caused as a result of the fundamental differences between people, in terms of their thinking and incompatible goals. Conflict actors have some interest in the conflict and its outcome (IPCR, 2003)
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