Such challenges include that of corruption, ethnicity, governance and religion. Some have clear ideas about how to proceed and are actively working toward nation building goals but could benefit from assistance. Nigerian women, politics and nation building, by olusegun. Nationbuilding is so crucial a project that requires the services of many actors to achieve.
Aug 08, 2015 the role of youth in nation building the qualities of tomorrows leaders lies in the characters of todays followers according to nigerias national youth development policy 2001, the youths comprise all young persons of ages 18 to 35, who are citizens of the federal republic of nigeria. Cultural pluralism, reconstructive education and nation. They are each functional to political stability and, therefore, to civil peace and to the ability of individual. Nationbuilding, the american way fas,orgmaneprintcarson. We measure nation building using a threeway interaction term of. On august 27, 1985, majorgeneral ibrahim babangida carriedout a coup detat against the then military ruler of nigeria, general muhammadu buhari. The religious base when the patriarchs disobeyed gods law he banished them. From time immemorial the desire to build a just, orderly, peaceful and progressive society has been uppermost in the minds of nigerian leaders. We take just a few for constraints of time and space. From time immemorial the desire to build a just, orderly, peaceful and progressive society has been uppermost in. The impact of military rule on nigerias nation building. In a pluralist society like nigeria, challenges pitfalls of nation building are enormous. But nation building by one nation may destroy others. Pdf federalism and the challenges of nation building in.
Apart from this, the country was beset with various nation building challenges that the junta had no clearcut answers to. Nationbuilding is the process through which these majorities are constructed. Trade unionism, collective bargaining and nation building 141 nlc or agency. It is noteworthy that nigeria has gone through four national development plans in.
This dissertation explores the relationship between ethnicity and nation building and nationalism in nigeria. Ahmedgamgum mnim consultancy services unit, taraba state polytechnic. The role of education in promoting national integration or in assessing ethnocentric feelings among educated people is discussed. The role of nysc in nationbuilding efforts myschoolgist. Nigeria and the challenges of nation building in the 21st. Nation building never stops and true nation builder never rest because all nations are constantly facing up to new challenges. Unfortunately, over the years, especially in nigeria, the role of political scientists in nation building has been surreptitiously scuffled through a deliberate constitutional design to permeate. The media, with specific reference to the collective entity of newspapers, radio, television and the international network internet, play a very important role in national development. When babangida became the head of state in 1985, nigeria was faced with serious nation building challenges such as that of governance, corruption, transparency and democracy.
Nigeria can be conveniently located and interpreted in the ggt. In order to get nigeria out of the political morass that it. Nation building never stops and true nation builder never rest because all nations are constantly facing up to. Postcolonial experiences and lessons from tanzania, kenya, south africa and namibia mandela institute for development studies youth dialogue 34 august 2016 dar es salaam, tanzania authored and presented by tatenda g. Mar 24, 2018 that is why i insist that 2019 provides a litmus test for nigerian women in politics and governance generally. Nation building was heavily discussed in the 1950s and 1960s and carried a strong conceptual link to modernisation theories of.
Nationbuilding and abandoned structures in nigeria blueprint. In section 2 we examine the nine nationbuilding policies in detail. In the wealth of literature on state failure, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the question of what constitutes state success and what enables a state to succeed. Mukwedeya phd candidate, university of the witwatersrand.
Alongside elite efforts at nation building, there has also been a tendency to dismember the nation state into micro units, which can enter into negotiation around resource allocation, control and access to the wealth of the nigerian nation. Nation building is constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state. The united states can influence and strengthen another countrys nation building efforts. Policy on education 6 that the federal government of nigeria has adopted. The first challenge was the over stay of the military rule. It takes a look at why insecurity remains unabated in nigeria. The role of youth in nation building the qualities of tomorrows leaders lies in the characters of todays followers according to nigerias national youth development policy 2001, the youths comprise all young persons of ages 18 to 35, who are citizens of the federal republic of nigeria. Religion as a catalyst of nation building in nigeria net. That is, we briefly highlight the factors that impede effective nation building in nigeria, as well as the need for civic training as a way of achieving nation building in nigeria. Lack of security of lives and property of the citizenry is a severe hindrance to meaningful development. The paper sets out to find out how federalism in nigeria has helped in nation building or national integration. Nationbuilding concepts paper pazifikinformationsstelle. As the storms are gathering and the agitations to put an end to the reign of power addicts become palpable and the shrilling voices of hitherto reclusive persons become restless and proactive, insisting that the structure of nigeria must be determined on a different basis of.
National development involves changes or advancement in a nation aimed at improving the political. Be that as it may, this research aims at examining the contents of religion and its place in nation building towards sustainable development in nigeria. Nigeria and the challenges of nation building in the 21st century ele samson department of history, faculty of arts and social sciences, gombe state university, gombe, nigeria email. The paper adopted analytical approach and essentially relying on textbooks, journals, articles, magazines, newspaper publications and past researches. The national youth service corps nysc was introduced in 1973 as a mandatory oneyear scheme, aimed at involving nigerian graduates in efforts to fasttrack the countrys development and strengthen its unity. The focus of this paper was to show the instrumentality of youth empowerment to nation building in nigeria. Ph d department of religion and cultural studies university of nigeria, nsukka. Oct, 2014 the process and challenges of nation building 1. Overview of the building and construction sector in the nigerian economy ademola adeagbo. Aug 05, 2019 through their innovation, creativity, and hard work in music, film, literature, and the arts, these dynamic young nigerians are clearly in the forefront of nation building and national development. Nation building is about building the tangible and intangible threads that hold a political entity together and gives it a sense of purpose. Youths in nationbuilding, national development vanguard news. Nationbuilding aims at the unification of the people within the state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run.
The course also focuses on nation building, the various policies nation states have pursued toward different noncore groups over the 19th and 20th centuries in their efforts to make the borders of the state coincide with that of the nation. The meanings of these terms became more confused when they were translated into. Nigerian education is that education is simply a tool for nation building. Nations are built by men and women who have the will and vision to accomplish. In the building of the us nation and others, aboriginal nations were erased or marginalized. Thus, the place of religion in addressing national issues has become questionable. In other words, we nd no evidence that nationbuilding policies have prevented civil war in postcolonial africa despite numerous e. Nation building is therefore the product of conscious statecraft, not happenstance.
The thrust of this paper therefore is to examine the pattern of rural and community development in nigeria, especially in those areas which have the greatest impact. It is beset with crises of nation building and development, triggered by its refusal to confront the national question germane to its survival as a plural country. In nigeria, the issue of collective bargaining was provided for under the labour act cap 198 laws of the federation 1990. Tsav faculty of education, nasarawa state university, keffi, pmb 1022 abstract. Historicaldescriptive approach was used as a method of data collection and analysis which aided in drawing relevant conclusions. The process and challenges of nation building williams a. The nation is a daily newspaper published in lagos, nigeria covering nigeria news, sports, breaking news, politics, sports, fashion. A literate and educated person is also a mentally liberated person. Background to military rule the attainment of independence was a landmark not only in the history of nigeria s nation building but the countrys history as a whole. Quality control, public policy implementation, nationbuilding. Ethnicity, nationalism and nationbuilding in nigeria. The conditions for nation building, including homogeneity of the population, were much more positive than they are in africa. The paper also highlights the factors that impede effective nation building in nigeria, as well as the need for civic training as a means of achieving national integration and nation building in nigeria. The efforts to build one indivisible nation from the several ethnic.
Rivers state university of education, port harcourt, nigeria. Previous studies are cited to illustrate the problems among ethnic groups and the educational history of nigeria. Nigeria and the challenges of nation building in the 21st century. Nigerias national identity crisis is commonly referred to as the national question. Security, development, leadership, nation building, peace. Okeshola, phd department of sociology, ahmadu bello university, zaria, nigeria abstract. In this article, we define nation building as all efforts made towards national integration, cohesion and national unity. This paper examines the strategies and tactics of government bureaucrats. Click download or read online button to get nigeria an experiment in nation building book now. Federalism and nationbuilding in nigeria longdom publishing sl. The challenges of nationhood and statebuilding in nigerias. He headed two special united states missions to nigeria in connection with the ni gerian development plan, and is the author of the recent book africa and the west. In some cases, the girls are given out as house helps or even sent intoearly. The issues the use of human rights to rebuild a nation can be controversial.
Elements of free world policy and the forthcom ing book the african presence in world affairs. Sinclair dinnen australian national university, canberra 1. But all these emphasis was only placed on just one aspect of nation building national integration leaving the others. Pdf nigeria as a nation has faced severe tests and trials in the drive towards nationhood. The first leadership challenge is one of illiteracy.
Civic education as a tool for nation building in nigeria. It was the belief of nigerian nationalists that federalism will foster nation building in nigeria, but. Whilst state building and nation building are often used interchangeably in current debates, they have not always been perceived as synonymous. It embodies such elements as national integration, poverty reduction. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Since the past four decades, nigeria has embarked on series of development plans to fasten the rate of economic growth and improve the standard of living of the people. Nigeria an experiment in nation building download ebook. Decisions reached at such negotiations are usually implemented by the parties involved. When does it choose to physically remove the noncore group, by exchange, deportation, or killing. According to harris mylonas, legitimate authority in modern national states is connected to popular rule, to majorities.
Nationbuilding and abandoned structures in nigeria april 27, 2017 blueprint letters 0 by most accounts, the swelling sites of abandoned structures across major cities in nigeria arent just eyesores, but are equally physically and environmentally dangerous to the wellbeing of the nigerian populace. Feb 05, 2015 despite the prospect of nigerias nation building after the civil war, there were some challenges. It is argued that ethnicity is not necessarily incompatible with nationalism and nation building. There is a range in the extent to which host nation leaders have engaged in nation building projects. The findings revealed that nigeria has lost traction in its attempt to achieve nations development because of politics, ethnicity, socioeconomic inequalities. The main reason for the putsch was the believe that the buhari regime had no plan to return nigeria to civilian rule. Problems and challenges of nation building in nigeria. National interest and national development in nigeria. But the implications from a careful study of nation building should be of interest to both policy makers and academics. Whilst current foreign policy and popular culture tends to conflate the two terms, it is also possible to argue that statebuilding and nationbuilding are opposing forces ottaway 1999. National interest, nation, foreign policy, national development, states.
A theory of nation building assimilation and its alternatives in southeastern europe abstract under what conditions does a state target a noncore group with groupspecific assimilationist measures instead of accommodating it. Nation building, the simultaneous allocation of economic and military aid in con ict environments, has cost the world trillions of dollars over the last half century. It concludes by making some useful recommendations. So the parents are the first teachers of the children. Ethnicity and nationalism both play a role in nation state formation.
Nation building theories are society relevant, but two or more nations may coincidentally have identical situations where one or more theories of nation building apply to them in exactly the same way or with slight modifications to attune it to the situational realities of the given nation. Although closely related and often both required in countries with weak states and little sense of shared community, these processes are also distinct. Nation building aims at the unification of the people within the state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run. The meanings of these terms became more confused when they were translated into different languages. In this paper we estimate the growth e ects of nation building using a forty ve year crosscountry dataset. Its main proponents included such leaders of the american academic community as karl deutsch, charles tilly, and reinhard bendix. The nigerian experience stephen ifeanyi okorie registry department nigeria police academy, wudil, kano state. Leadership challenges, mass media and nation building.
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