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AGITATIONS FOR RESTRUCTURING IN NIGERIA, CAUSES AND PROSPECT
MUKTAR, Maiwada; WAIBE, Ahmadu Ejim & USMAN, Gayam Usman
The study examines Agitations for Restructuring in Nigeria, Causes and Prospect, issues identified as influenced by many factors and interests with a special reflection on the background history, geography, heterogeneity and politics of the Nigerian state. System theory was utilized as a framework for analysis. Also, Secondary sources of data were used and historical documentation method of data analysis was also used to analyse the data. There are severally identified issues which are critical to and must be squarely addressed in order to arrive at a desired and mutually accepted stand on Nigeria’s geo-political, ethno-religious and socio-cultural composition, and a sustained unity and stability which are sought in the name of restructuring. Elites and political merchants’ prime interest in power and resources have however, shaped and dominated the restructuring agitations. Implications: The study is premised on the socio-economic, political and ethno-religious realities of the Nigerian state and society. Therefore, the study presented an outline and a roadmap for the Nigerian policy makers, politicians, citizens and other stakeholders in the Nigerian state. The study stated the most sensitive issues which are indispensable to any rearrangement, negotiation, consensus and unity in the Nigerian state by the name of restructuring.
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Published: 31 October 2021
5(2) 55 - 79.
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Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nasarawa State University Keffi.1,2,3
MUKTAR, Maiwada1; WAIBE, Ahmadu Ejim2 & USMAN, Gayam Usman3
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MUKTAR, Maiwada
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MUKTAR, Maiwada; WAIBE, Ahmadu Ejim & USMAN, Gayam Usman (2021). Agitations for Restructuring In Nigeria, Causes and Prospect. Otuoke Journal of Management Sciences, 5(2) 55 - 79.
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