Abstract
The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of identity politics on national integration in Nigeria. This paper relies on secondary sources of data, and contends that identity politics can create the necessary awareness and actions needed to redress the inequities promoted by the structural imbalance of the Nigerian State. The redress of the inequities can be a stabilizing force necessary for the actualization of national integration in Nigeria. On the other hand, it argues that identity politics can also be a divisive factor which can seriously threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria and make our quest for integration illusory. Also, the paper is of the view that national integration can be achieved when identity politics is guided by certain objective conditions expressed in democracy. Therefore, it recommends that there should be an internalization and demonstration of the democratic culture in everyday life of Nigerians.
Highlights
The gregarious nature of a man is consummated by the inadequacies nature places on him
It is against this back-drop that this paper examines the centripetal and centrifugal forces of identity politics which can tremendously influence the actualization of national integration in Nigeria
The domination of Oil Companies in Nigeria, Federal Institutions, and some agencies especially at the management level, by some ethnic groups explains a part of the structural imbalances that characterize the Nigerian State
Summary
The gregarious nature of a man is consummated by the inadequacies nature places on him. A man loves living in a community with his fellow men for self and collective actualization. This communal life is threatened by the ever-conflicting interest of men which can be resolved by institutionalized means
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