Causes of ethnic conflict in Nigeria: You can trace causes of ethnic conflict to amalgamation, religious differences, inequality, lack of transparent governance, long military incursion in government and lack of vision or Nigerian dream, to mention but a few. This article will show that ethnic conflict is bad and discuss factors that we have listed above, and close by giving solutions for stopping ethnic conflict.
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12 Causes of Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria
Let us start with …
1) Amalgamation
Amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates made up of many ethnic groups with different languages and cultures, was an error which Nigeria suffers till date. History show that modern Nigeria came out of the merging of two British colonial territories of southern and northern protectorates in 1914. The colonialist did it for administrative convenience though they were incompatible neighbors. The north practices Moslem religion while the south is predominantly of Christian faith and traditional religion.
These religious differences have been a source of political disagreements and suspicions between the two regions since colonial times. Moreover, both regions have ethnic and religious minorities holding grievances against three major ethnic groups they see as oppressors. Due to the over 200 ethnic groups that formed Nigeria, there is division of the nation along tribal lines. Suspicion, hatred, lack of trust and discrimination influence the relationship between the people of different ethnic groups in the country, and deprive Nigeria real national loyalty and unity.
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