12 causes of ethnic conflict in Nigeria – #2, #6 and #8 has led to death of millions of people

4) Corruption and Inept Leadership

Corruption and unqualified leaders cause ethnic conflict in Nigeria. Gross mismanagement of national resources and misrule by unqualified leaders, have impoverished and denied opportunities to majority of Nigerians since independence which has led to agitations by citizens. Clear inequality exists in the way Nigeria shares its federal positions and allocation of infrastructure projects among the federating states.

To create a sense of balance and share appointments and projects fairly, Government established Federal Character Commission but this has not stopped protests since government sometimes fail to use federal character for all appointments, hence the clamor for resource control among other demands.