Ethno religious crisis in nigeria causes and remedy pdf

Muslims in nigeria include sufi, izala, womens organizations, student organizations, emirate traditions, and ordinary people, as well as boko haram extremists. The igbo massacre of 1966 in the north that followed the countercoup of the same year had as a dual cause the igbo officers coup and preexisting sectarian tensions between the igbos and the local muslims. In fact, no decade of postindependent nigeria has been conflict free. Colonial masters play a vital role in the growth of ethno religious conflicts, these colonial masters brought the christianity with them and try to penetrate the western values in the system of nigeria.

Thus, concerns for the upcoming 2015 election are widespread. Yarkasuwa, then in lere district in 1986, during the contest for. Among the most widely reported ethnoreligious conflict that occurred in the region are. Get free research paper on religious conflicts in nigeria. Ethnoreligious identity and conflict in northern nigeria. Causes of ethnoreligious crisis include, marginalization and desanctification. Apparently, the government itself is generating crises directly by failing to appreciate the peoples aspirations.

Good governance, conflicts, ethnoreligious identities, clashes of civilization and. The nature of the nigerian state seems to be not only responsible for the regrettably deepening ethnoreligious crisis that have become endemic, pervasive and unfortunate, but also is increasingly proving incapable of evolving credible and competent strategies that should address this ugly. In view of the above, this paper is intended to explain about the problems, causes and remedy to the ongoing religious and regional crisis in the nigerian federalism. Nigeria has been pushed hither and thither by recurrent crises of regional or state illegitimacy, often impairing efforts at. Ethnoreligious apparatus can, and has been used to chart sociopolitical causes. This also is instrumental to the rise of ethnoreligious crisis.

Causes and remedy money wont create success, the freedom to make it will. Suggested citation abdulkadir, abubakar, a diary of ethnoreligious crises in nigeria. Abstract the persistent religious conflicts and insecurity in nigeria has given meaningful nigerians. With several coups, general strikes and a civil war, nigerians have had to experience some of the most sordid tragedies arising from difference of opinions and distrust. Religious and ethnic nationalism has led to conf licts about control of state power, unequal allocation of resources, citizenship issues, state collapse, economic decline and ethnoreligious clashes. Manifestation, effect and the aw y forardw nwaomah, s. Issues and solutionsproject topics and materials in nigeria. The crisis like this to this writer start as religious conflict and the rest of the country begins to add the ethnic sentiments as if to say that the ethnic lines define the religious lines. Implications for national security ushe mike ushe, ph. The study revealed that causes of ethnoreligious crises in nigeria include ethnic and religious intolerance, unemployment and illiteracy. What other steps is the government taking to address the. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, plateau state, nigeria. Religious dogmatism, prejudice and conflict in nigeria ssrn. Otite 200 in his own view, opined that in a democratic situation ethnicity, and religious become weapons of power game as a symbolic difference and instrumental game of number.

Ethno religious crisis and nigerian democracy international. Nigeria has not been without its fair share of conflict. The paper examines the impact of ethnoreligious crises on socioeconomic development in nigeria with a view to pinpointing its nature, form, causes and. Nigerian christians should not assume that the current wave of persecution of christians in the northern parts of the country is an abnormality or an aberration in the pages of the nations history. This was a major factor in the biafran secession and the resulting civil war. By muhammad gambo isgogo hassan adamu makuku umar hamidu aliyu abstract introduction nigeria is no doubt a populous nation of over 88 million 1991 population census but as at now nigerias population is estimated to be above 120 million people of diverse ethnic groups and many religions. The paper concludes by suggesting how to curb ethnoreligious problems in nigeria in order to promote good governance. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, nigeria, intensely dissected the ethnoreligious crisis in jos and proffered workable solutions. While the identity mobilization themes in nigeria have not changed much during the post military era of 1999, the major transformation in the country regarding ethnoreligious identities has been that with regard to the reintroduction of the sharia islamic legal code or its expansion from personal to criminal matters. The growing incidence of ethnoreligious crisis in nigeria is sufficiently worrisome to assert that the government that statutorily has responsibility for crisis management is not doing enough. The paper therefore examines the effects of ethnoreligious crisis on economic developmentwith special emphasis on boko haram and also identifying the root causes of ethnoreligious crisis in nigeria.

It maps the spatial spread of violence that reshaped the face of the city. The 2011 presidential election split the country along ethnoreligiousregional lines. The importance, how to, effect causes relationship, comparison, history, role. Thus, the recurring political and ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria have become matter of great concern to. The methods used in the study include the interview and documentary methods. Download ethnoreligious conflict in nigeria by basil ugorji to read the full paper in pdf. Ntroduction nigeria presents a complex of individual as well as a conflation and recursive identities of which the ethnic, religious, regional and subethnic communal are the most salient and the main bases for violent conflicts in the country. The effects of religious crisis on economic development in nigeria olabimtan oladele e. And of course, corruption is considered to be one of the main causes of ethno religious conflicts nwankwo 2015. Download ethnoreligious conflict in nigeria by basil ugorji to read the. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the dilemma of democratic. To interrogate and address the fundamental issues central to the paper, the paper is. Therefore, the aim of the study is to examine the impact of ethnoreligious violence on housing delivery in nigeria. An assessment of the february 21, 2000, kaduna metropolitan conflict, paper presented at the national conference on crisis and conflict management in nigeria since 1980, organized by the nigerian defence academy, kaduna, 1517 june.

To this effect this paper will try to trace the causes, the effects of these crises on. However, in all cases of ethnoreligious violence in nigeria, focus had been on reports on loss of lives and economic loss without adequate mention on its impact on housing delivery. This is approved for students in accountancy business computer science economics engineering arts. Religious conflict in nigeria goes as far back as 1953, and in the case of the town of tafawa balewa, to 1948.

Economic management of ethnoreligious crises in nigeria. In 1861, the british officials annexed lagos and continued and defeated, the sokoto caliphate in 1902. Religious crisis in nigeria did not start overnight but has its roots in a systematic islamic expansionist agenda for the nation. D school of arts and social sciences,national open university of nigeria,lagos. Causes of ethnoreligious crises in nigeria machava 2008.

Ethnoreligious conflicts and national security in nigeria. Religious and ethnic nationalism has led to conflicts about control of state power. So, the tendency of concluding that the crisis is ethnic or regional have made the response of the government as well as that of the church grossly. This article is a discourse on the origins, causes, and consequences of communal and etlmoreligious crises in nigeria. The effects of religious crisis on economic development in. The roots of nigerias religious and ethnic conflict.

To preclude religious conflict in nigeria therefore, religious leaders and. Ethnic and religious violence in nigeria project topics. Communal and ethnoreligious crises and their implications. The challenge of ethnoreligious crisis to missions. The roots of nigerias religious and ethnic conflict the. The researcher takes a critical reflection on the history of communal, ethnic and religious crises in nigeria during a three decade period covering 1987 to 2006 and reveals among other things the causes and consequences of such crises. From the independence nigeria in 1960 till date, ethnoreligious crisis have been a burning. The first part outlines the historical background and socioeconomic characfigure 1 conservative estimates of casualties in plateau state. Ethnocentrism and ethnopolitical conflicts in northern. What are the causes and effects of ethnoreligious crises on sustainable development in nigeria.

Professor of biblical studies mission and religion and society babcock university, ilishanremo, ogun state, nigeria email. We have noticed an unusual activity from your ip 18. Finally, strategies to effectively manage ethnoreligious crises in nigeria were proffered. Nigeria in the last decade has been characterized by crisis of ethnic and religious dimensions. Ethnicity, religion, ethnoreligious conflict, integration, good governance. Growth and foundation of ethnoreligious crisis in nigeria the growth of ethnoreligious crises in the country has its foundametion on the activities of the colonial government in nigeria.

Religious and regional crisis in the nigerian federalism. Department of business administration, rufus giwa polytechnic, owo, ondo state email. Ethnoreligious crises and the challenges of sustainable. Contemporary ethnic and religious crises in kaduna state. Nelson mandela nigeria is africas most populous country with an estimated population of about 150 million and a land mass of 923,768 square. An assessment of these crises, as well as their effects on the socioeconomic fabric of nigeria will be carried out, in a view to profer solutions. Therefore its management has become a mirage in spite of series of interventions to put the conflicts to an end.