Inter-Ethnic Rivalry and Issue of State Creation

Government SSS 3 First Term

WEEK 5

Inter-Ethnic Rivalry and Issue of State Creation

Performance Objectives

Student should be able to:

1. Explain the nature of ethnic conflicts and rivalry in Nigeria

2. Explain the problems of secession in Nigeria

3. Explain measures to avoid secession in Nigeria

Content

i. The nature of ethnic conflicts and rivalry in Nigeria.

ii. Problems of secession in Nigeria.

iii. Measures to avoid secession in Nigeria

The Nature of Ethnic Conflicts And Rivalry in Nigeria

During the Colonisation of African people, colonialists failed to put the issue of cultural differences of various ethnic groupings into consideration before lumping them together in (Colonial) state formation. The oversight has constituted and remained one of the greatest…