Ethnicity and Religion in Nigerian Politics: A Historical Analysis
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There is no doubt that credible leadership is crucial in every known human society, but the nature at which leaders are brought to power using chronic religious and ethnic sentiments is a setback to the politics and political development in Nigeria. Both ethnic and religious involvements in Nigerian politics in the pre, during and the post colonialism were investigated. Social identity theory was used in the study. Data was collected from both secondary and primary sources. Primary data was collected through the use of questionnaire and in-depth interview. It was concluded that both ethnicity and religion have been militating against the politics and political development of Nigeria. The major recommendation was that Nigerians should uncompromisingly put the country first, before religion and ethnicity, so as to have credible leadership which will give rise to sustainable politics and political practices.
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