Nation Building In Nigeria Research Articles

Examining the Roles of National Assembly in Promoting Good Governance and Nation-Building in Nigeria

The legislature is an institution which represents the common and collective interests of the citizens through the enactment of laws and the exercise of oversight functions on the activities of the executive arm of government. For stable and sustainable international peace, nation-building and good governance require building effective societal, economic and political structures that meet the needs of the people. In the quest for nation-building in a democratic state like Nigeria, the exercise of effective legislative oversight function is crucial. It acts to provide checks and balances in cases when the executive branch operates unconstitutionally. It also aims to ensure that all relevant societal groups are included in and benefit from the nation-building and development exercise and that government policies and budgets are implemented in an effective, efficient, transparent and accountable manner. The power of oversight is constitutionally provided to the Nigerian legislature to enable the National Assembly to curtail corruption, inefficiency, or embezzlement in the executive or administration of laws within its legislative right and in the disbursement and administration of funds appropriated by the Acts. Unfortunately, the Nigerian legislature’s capacity to carry out its oversight functions remains ineffective because the legislature and culture are in their infancy and often confronted by many challenges. The focus of this paper is to examine the roles of the national assembly in promoting good governance and nation-building. This paper further recommends that the citizens elect upstanding individuals with no histories of corruption and greed.

Politics and Census in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward

Population is very vital to the government for nation building of a country especially, Nigeria. Nigeria’s population has been contentious and politicized since colonial times. Census statistics embodies an essential database prerequisite for measuring the physical and social well-being of a nation’s population. Hence, for any country to realize its development potentials, it requires a comprehensive population database support to guide its socio-economic programs, planning and implementation. The fusses in Nigeria census steered the cancellation of the 1962 general population census which was repeated in 1963.The Population of an area is considered a political weapon, a condition desiderata for provision of amenities, infrastructure and in fact, guides wealth allocations and fiscal planning. Regrettably, Nigeria is yet to produce an acceptable and satisfactory demographic data for infrastructural development and nation building. Scholars of Nigerian history appear not to have paid adequate attention to nation building in Nigeria as a result of inaccurate population database. Hence, it is a perception of issues of politics and population census this paper tend to address. Qualitative research methodology was adopted for effective analyses. The paper concluded that inherent contemporary issues have continued to defeat the main aim of population census as an instrument for strategic planning and sustainable development. Lack of accurate census figures has contributed to Nigeria’s policy summersault and under development. It is unfortunate that in this 21st century Nigeria still does not have effective and reliable census data due to the fact that politicization, Falsification of population census result, religion rivalry, ethnicity stimulation and fluctuation of period of conducting census serves as a controlling force against accuracy of population census figures.

A Socio-ethical Evaluation of the Challenges and Prospects of Religion in Nation Building Process in Nigeria

Religion is an element that promotes integrated development by providing both social and ethical measures which help in bringing about a better nation. In this regard, religion and nation building are inseparable. However, studies showed that there exist social and ethical bottlenecks such as poor policy formulation, lack of good governance, corruption, religious intolerance, perversion of justice, to mention a few which hinder the nation building in Nigeria. This paper therefore, investigated the challenges of Nation Building in Nigeria through the socio-ethical lens. The paper adopted the qualitative phenomenological methodology which focuses on the experiences of the people. The study found out that religion helps in inculcating ethical standards like sincerity, honesty, tolerance, respect for one another, peaceful coexistence and selfless service, etc. which are fundamental for nation building. The paper concludes that religion is a persuasive factor for nation building because it regulates human‟s social behaviour while also encouraging good relationship among people in the society. It is therefore, recommended that religious leaders should encourage their members to live by the dictates of their faith so as to engender nation building in Nigeria.

Nation Building in Nigeria: The Role of The Law & Legal Practitioners

Nation Building in Nigeria: The Role of The Law & Legal Practitioners

Youth Participation and Nation-Building in Nigeria

Youth Participation and Nation-Building in Nigeria

Social Justice in Nigeria: A Dialectical Discourse

This paper examined the nexus between social justice, national development, and nation-building in Nigeria. It adopted the qualitative and historical descriptive method of analysis because, by its nature, the topic was not amenable to quantitative analysis. One of the important findings of the paper is that though Nigerian citizens have remained together within the same political space in spite of many challenges, there are obvious cases of inequality and glaring examples of the negation of the principles of social justice by the leadership class. The result of the breaches of the constitutional provision for social justice is Nigeria’s inability to consolidate its diversity to achieve national development and nation-building, as is the case in other heterogenous federations like the United States. The paper concluded that a possible way out of this quagmire is for the federal government to adopt concrete official measures to encourage attitudinal and behavioural changes among both the leaders and ordinary Nigerians in order to ensure faithful adherence to social justice, which is considered a panacea for the challenges of national development and nation-building.

John Dewey’s Pragmatic Education: A Veritable Tool for Nation Building in Nigeria

This paper “John Dewey’s pragmatic education: A veritable tool for nation building in Nigeria” seeks to examine John Dewey’s Educational ideas – learners’ active role and experimental based learning approach to improve productivity and a sustainable nation building. The paper employs the philosophical methods of critical analysis. The findings of this study would be relevant to education policy makers by encouraging them to consider making policies that will favour inclusion of pragmatic approach in Nigerian education system. It is recommended among others that if a pragmatic approach is encouraged in Nigeria education system, there would be quality maximum and versatile productivity as effective tools for nation building

Social Media Marketing Techniques: A Conceptual Review on Transparency and Nation Building in Nigeria

Social media marketing techniques are effective tools in building communities and other climes. Social media marketing techniques have become vital tools for individuals, organizations, private and public sectors to communicate and interact with one another. It further helps various governments and organizations to operate an open system that embraces openness, participation, and collaboration with the citizens. Social media marketing techniques also offers opportunities for government to solve its challenges of increasing national transparency and as well as improve citizen’s engagement. The study is a theoretical study that attempts to examine social media marketing techniques as contribution to transparency and nation-building. This paper discusses the need for social media marketing techniques in enhancing transparency and nation-building in Nigeria. The paper further concludes that a social media marketing technique within the context of transparency and nation building is seen as a veritable tool for nation building and national development in Nigeria. We recommend that government should establish the use of social media platforms and in all public offices and institutions to create a social bonding between government, citizens, and employees to achieve peace and national security and hereby enhance nation building

Nation Building and International Financings – A Legal Perspective

This article explores the challenges and opportunities for nation building in Nigeria in the context of the immediate aftermath of the 2023 elections, the twilight of the inauguration of the new administration, led by Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the urgent need to address the critical issues of infrastructure deficit, palpable poverty, and inadequate access to basic services.
 The article discusses the importance of international financing as a critical source of funding for sustainable development and highlights the importance of aligning national financing objectives with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It emphasizes the need for clear development plans, coordination of risk mitigation mechanisms, cooperation of multilateral financial institutions and national and subnational committees and agencies, transparent legal and regulatory framework, as well as a robust judicial process, to attract international lenders and ensure effective deployment of financing towards the achievement of national development priorities.

Decentralisation, Local Governance and Nation Building in Nigeria

The paper examines the logic of decentralization and local governance in Nigeria with a hint on its constitutionality and contributions to nation building. Emerging facts reveals that Nigeria operates a centralized and decentralized system of governance and state administration. This is confirmed by its federal nature, division of state administration into federal, state and local government, state power into exclusive (federal), concurrent (federal and state) and residual powers (local government), and the allocation and distribution of fiscal responsibilities and benefits along vertical and horizontal lines by the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 and the 1999 constitution. Data generated from the Federal Responsibility Act 2007 shows that the federal government gets 52.68%, the 36 state governments get 26.72% and the 774 local government councils get 20.60% fund allocation from the pool of distributive resources domiciled in the Consolidated Federal Revenue Account of Nigeria. Analytical evidences are also drawn from other secondary sources of information to confirm the abuse of the tenets of political and administrative decentralization through the instrumentality of the State-Joint-Local Government Account and the Caretaker Committee System. The dialectics of undue political interference in the management of local government affairs by the state government and the use of the Caretaker Committee system as a governing structure at the local government level reveals the threat it poses to leadership development, liberal democratic growth, local governance and nation building. These conclusively undermine the tenets of true federalism, decentralization, local government autonomy and the statutory powers and authority of elected local government councils to initiate and manage local development visions and initiatives. The need to place a balance between avoidable political control and local government autonomy as pathways to promoting genuine decentralization, participatory local governance and grass root development is strongly advocated.

SAMUEL, Ojo O. (ed.). The Political Economy of Colonialism and Nation-Building in Nigeria

SAMUEL, Ojo O. (ed.). The Political Economy of Colonialism and Nation-Building in Nigeria

Primordial and Instrumental Analysis of Farmers-Herdsmen Conflict and Nation Building in Nigeria

Primordial and Instrumental Analysis of Farmers-Herdsmen Conflict and Nation Building in Nigeria

The Challenges of Nation-Building in Nigeria and the State-Building Alternative

ABSTRACTNigeria’s current democratic dispensation is plagued by a rise in ethnic nationalism, agitations for self-determination and secession, claims of marginalisation, and ethnic, regional and religious tensions. These issues continually dominate state politics. For some analysts, these problems are symptoms of a lack of oneness among the multiple ethno-linguistic and religious groups that make up the country. They are of the view that the solution to the intractable problems lies in nation-building, suggesting the enthronement of a sense of common nationality. On the contrary, this article argues that the lack of national consciousness for a nation may not be the main problem but the lack of viable institutions that can promote deep inter-ethnic relations. State-(re)building in the form of institution-strengthening is rather important for unity in the plural society. Therefore, the creation of new institutions and the strengthening of existing ones, including the federal system, to produce a viable Nigerian state capable of delivering on public goods and good governance is more important to address the many challenges confronting the state.

1914 Amalgamation, Resource Control and its Implications for Nation Building in Nigeria: An Assessment

1914 Amalgamation, Resource Control and its Implications for Nation Building in Nigeria: An Assessment

The language of nation-building in Nigeria: a systematic exposition

The language of nation-building in Nigeria: a systematic exposition

Corruption and the Contradictions of Nation-building in Nigeria, 2015-2019

Corruption and the Contradictions of Nation-building in Nigeria, 2015-2019

A HISTORICAL APPRAISAL OF LEADERSHIP AND PROBLEMS OF NATION BUILDING IN POST-COLONIAL NIGERIA.

Nigeria shook off the British political hegemony and became an independent sovereign state in 1960. Soon after the independence, the nation-building process started in its full swing. The leaders who took over the mantle of power from the British overlords aimed at resolving many conflicting issues and crises but from various political and economic challenges the nation is plunged into, it is evident that the country has not been fortunate to have leaders who can be exhibiting the type of leadership that could command patriotism from followers. The paper focuses on the problems inhibiting nation-building in Nigeria and the types of leaders Nigeria have had. The work further offered useful suggestions that could help in building a virile, stable and viable, and developed nation.

A Social Analysis of Identity Discrimination, Identity Conflict and Nation Building in Nigeria

Nigeria is no doubt a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country. Its ethno-religious diversity which is a source of national strength has become dysfunctional to national integration. The common questions Nigerians ask one another whenever they meet are: what tribe are you? Are you a Christian or Moslem? Which state and or local government do you hail from? Pathetically, one’s identity is defined by the cultural environment he or she hails from. Using these forms of social construct to identify and relate with one another by citizens of one nation fans the embers of identity discrimination and conflicts that creates a zone of non-convergence of social identity with national identity. In its analysis, the paper argued that the classical civilization that created social identity discrimination, the political culture and attitude that upholds and sustains it from the colonial era till date are no longer compatible with the requirements of national identity formation and nation building in contemporary Nigeria. The paper called for the convergence of social identities and the dialectical interest it produces into a national identity, interest and culture that abrogates discriminatory identity landmarks as a means to fostering the collective vision, identity and commitments to building a more united country called Nigeria.

LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND NATION BUILDING IN NIGERIA

Since independence, Nigeria has suffered many and different forms of bad leadership and governance. This invariably has had its toll on the nation building process of the country as bad leadership and governance are synonymous with low development and disunity, especially when considering the dissatisfaction that arises from the different quarters of the country shaking the country’s foundation and threatening the unity of the country and disrupting real development and progress in the body polity. There are extant scholarly works on leadership, governance and nation building in Nigeria. However, it appears that the existing works have not been able to raise a louder alarm and raise a red flag against the prevailing corrupt and bad status quo in the political arena of the country which has worked against the nation building effort of the country. This paper intends to raise such alarm while warning the political leaders against impending revolution by patiently giving an account of leadership in Nigeria and the flaws of the Nigerian political leaders as they have had implications on the nation building process of the country. The paper makes use of historical methodology by analyzing data and information derived majorly from secondary sources such as books, journal articles, chapters in books, internet sources, etc. The paper has found out that many factors are responsible for good or bad governance and leadership in Nigeria which in turn have implications on the nation building process of the country. In all the paper has revealed that for there to be good and true governance and leadership in Nigeria that would affect nation building process positively, true and purposeful leaders must emerge to replace the bad ones that have existed over the years, and selfless and personal sacrifice must replace selfishness and greed in the minds of Nigerian political leaders.

Investment in Human Asset: For or Against

Human asset investment as an essential tool for individual, household, firm and nation building has drawn wider attention due to increasing globalization in the world economy with the felt increasing need for higher earnings and productivity. Human asset investment has been considered to be one of the fundamental solutions to the challenges facing firm’s greater productivity and nation building in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. This study thus examined the relationship between human asset investment and organization performance from various critical perspectives with the aim to making necessary policy recommendations. The study adopts logical literature review technique to present a technical evaluation of the achievements that adds to the individuals, household, firms and countries that invest in human asset. This study concluded that those companies and nations which invest in human asset have the tendency to be more successful, profitable economically, tactically placed and generally have motivated employees which in addition leads to stable and better performing employees as compared to the firm’s and nations that are less insistent in human asset investment.