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What is national unity?
National unity and integration is a situation where by people of diverse cultures, religions, languages, political, social and economic systems are brought together to have a common goal
The people have mutual understanding, love, co-operation and trust among them. They are united, tolerant and have faith in their fatherland. They de-emphasize their differences and stress more on their common goals and aspirations and any other thing that can bring about unity in diversity. Nigeria is a country that has about 250 ethnic groups with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Nigeria is the most populous black country in the world with a population of over 100 million people made up of over 250 different ethnic groups. The predominant ethnic groups are the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Ibo, while other ethnic groups include the Edo, Ibibio, Isoko, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Kanuri, Nupe, Effik, Ijaw, Ebira, Idoma, Tiv, Ogoni, Chambe, Gwari, and Ekoto, to mention only a few. Despite the numerous ethnic groups with their diverse culture, language and tradition, Nigerians still exhibit a cohesiveness that is a product of centuries of trade, intermarriage as well as economic contacts amongst the various groups. Consequently, problems relating to ethnic, religious, cultural and/or indigenous populations or population of mixed descent rarely manifest themselves within the country.
The government has formulated policies, carried out programmes and established institutions, all aimed at promoting national unity a integration among the people. Some of these measures adopted by the government are as follows:
1. Wazobia: Under the military rule, the federal government made frantic efforts in blending the languages of the three major ethnic groups into one national languages of the three major ethnic groups into one national language known as Wazobia. Programs on radio and television were broadcast in the three major languages wa-yoruba, zo-hausa,
National unity and integration is a situation where by people of diverse cultures, religions, languages, political, social and economic systems are brought together to have a common goal
The people have mutual understanding, love, co-operation and trust among them. They are united, tolerant and have faith in their fatherland. They de-emphasize their differences and stress more on their common goals and aspirations and any other thing that can bring about unity in diversity. Nigeria is a country that has about 250 ethnic groups with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Nigeria is the most populous black country in the world with a population of over 100 million people made up of over 250 different ethnic groups. The predominant ethnic groups are the Hausa/Fulani, Yoruba and Ibo, while other ethnic groups include the Edo, Ibibio, Isoko, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Kanuri, Nupe, Effik, Ijaw, Ebira, Idoma, Tiv, Ogoni, Chambe, Gwari, and Ekoto, to mention only a few. Despite the numerous ethnic groups with their diverse culture, language and tradition, Nigerians still exhibit a cohesiveness that is a product of centuries of trade, intermarriage as well as economic contacts amongst the various groups. Consequently, problems relating to ethnic, religious, cultural and/or indigenous populations or population of mixed descent rarely manifest themselves within the country.
The government has formulated policies, carried out programmes and established institutions, all aimed at promoting national unity a integration among the people. Some of these measures adopted by the government are as follows:
1. Wazobia: Under the military rule, the federal government made frantic efforts in blending the languages of the three major ethnic groups into one national languages of the three major ethnic groups into one national language known as Wazobia. Programs on radio and television were broadcast in the three major languages wa-yoruba, zo-hausa,