The Search for Solution to the Challenge of Indignity to Inclusive Citizenship in Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 5
Abstract
In recent years and, especially since the return of democracy in 1999, the contradiction between being a ‗Nigerian citizen‘ and an ‗ethnic citizen‘ has played itself out in the frequent eruptions of intra and interethnic conflicts across the country. Nigerian citizens and elites have struggled about how to design a conception of common inclusive citizenship that could override primordialist practices. Based on secondary sources, this article examined the citizenship-indigeneity contradictions in Nigeria and the legal-constitutional and political initiatives that seek to address the problem. It highlighted the debate between proponents of a constitutional review process that would grant ―indigeneship‖ rights to non-autochthonous citizens in particular communities or states and the primordialists who favour excluding non-indigenes from certain local rights and privileges. The paper concludes that the behaviour of the political elites, and particularly the lack of political will on the part of the federal government and National Assembly in tackling the problem have largely undermined efforts at building consensus on inclusive citizenship. Far reaching recommendations were made, which if implemented will help to defuse the tension of indigeneship in Nigeria.
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Brown Odigie Phd, Uchenna Nzeako
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