NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: INTERROGATING THE PAST AND RESHAPING THE FUTURE
Authors: Ejitu N. Ota, Tournaregha Akposiemokumo, Ikechukwu, Adiele
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Published: July 16, 2025
Reference: Volume 9, Issue 1
Abstract
Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has had to contend with a myriad of problems which in no small measure, have impacted negatively on the country’s socioeconomic development and international image perception. In particular, the lingering challenge of national integration has frustrated efforts at nation-building and national development. This paper adopted the qualitative research methodology- content analysis, anchored as it were, on the historical descriptive approach. Among other things, its findings showed the inevitability of revisiting those factors that promoted inter-group relations among the peoples of present-day Nigeria prior to contacts with the white man. It concluded that the current national culture of mistrust, mutual fears, and hostility, religious and regional dichotomy could be drastically reduced to manageable proportions through the creation of a national history, culture, and ideology.
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Ejitu N. Ota, Tournaregha Akposiemokumo, Ikechukwu, Adiele. (2025). NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: INTERROGATING THE PAST AND RESHAPING THE FUTURE. ABIA JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES , Volume 9 (1) .