Nigeria has had a long hard struggle in keeping its democratic independence. The military has taken over numerous times‚ leaving democracy severely handicapped. Nigerians have clamored‚ conversed‚ fought and died over their democracy. But has Nigeria’s democracy ever belonged to all Nigerians? In attempting to give background to this question and insight into the answer I have attempted to piece together the important events leading up to the 1959 election. I will touch on Britain’s colonization
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make recommendations. The Aguleri and Umuleri are of the same Igbo ethnic extraction and are predominantly Christians. The Aguleri and Umuleri towns are located in the southeastern part of Nigeria in Anambra State‚ close to the large town of Onitsha‚ which lies on the Niger River. In the southeastern part of Nigeria‚ they are considered to be among the most highly educated as a result of their early contact with the missionaries. The question ’who owns the land?’ is at the root of communal clashes
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nation in the world (Henry‚ 2004). Tracy (2008) asserts that being a former British colony‚ Nigeria’s literacy culture ought to be as standardized as that of the Britain. About 99% of British citizens can read and write. The same cannot be said of Nigeria. Henry (2004)‚ states that out of the 814 million illiterate people in the world‚ developing countries‚ especially in Africa‚ represent a huge percentage. However‚ Latin America‚ Asia‚ and others are making frantic efforts to drastically reduce
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MEMOIRE DE MAITRISE TOPIC: Women’s Condition and Male Representation in Africa in Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and in Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon. Outline; Introduction I-The Place of women in the African Literature 1-Women’s Role in the Development of African novel 2-The Emancipation of Women and the Rising of their Consciousness II-Women’s condition in the African Society 1-The Power of the Traditional Beliefs 2-An African Male dominated society III-The Interest around Women
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privilege and her own experiences with poverty. When he offers to take her back to Nigeria‚ she “[does] not want him to go to Nigeria‚ to add to the list of countries where he went to gawk at the lives of poor people who could never gawk back at his life” (Adichie 124-125). For Akunna‚ Nigeria is her heritage and identity‚ which she is both protective and ashamed of‚ but in her mind‚ her boyfriend’s interest in Nigeria is superficial and touristic. Despite his best intentions‚ she cannot fully trust
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another overtaking us on the road when we had so nearly reached our goal. But now we have acquired our rightful status‚ and I feel sure that history will show that the building of our nation proceeded at the wisest pace: it has been thorough‚ and nigeria now stands well-built upon firm foundations. Today’s ceremony marks the culmination of a process which began fifteen years ago and has now reached a happy and successful conclusion. It is with justifiable pride that we claim the achievement of our
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MICHEAL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE‚ UMUDIKE. COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY A TERM PAPER WRITTEN IN FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE COURSE GSS 111 [USE OF ENGLISH] TOPIC THE NIGERIAN POLITICAL CLASS AND VALUE SYSTEM: A
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Revenue flow and human rights: a paradox for Shell Nigeria Case analysis Professor Alvarez 4/11/2013 Introduction: The case describes Shell’s evolution within the context of sensitive human rights issues related to oil exploration and exploitation in Nigeria. Given that much of the revenue from Nigerian oil resources was being diverted by corrupt state governors‚ the case focuses on issues relevant to government transparency and corruption. It describes Shell’s involvement in the Extractive
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half time scorecard. And depending on the analyst’s loyalty‚ it was possible to make a general classification of the various conflicting verdicts which ranged from the most charitable by those who think that things have changed for the better in Nigeria since the inauguration of the new democracy to those less charitable who lamented that‚ if anything‚ the lot of the average citizen has actually deteriorated pitiably since then. It was however clear that no one‚ not even the usually loud government
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enlightenment of the citizens and self-reliance for national development. Primary education in Nigeria was designed to strictly prepare young people for the world of work and higher studies rather than training on self-reliance for human development and national growth as emphasis was laid on subject delivery which will give them adequate knowledge in the next level of the educational system Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ (2004) and Koko & Ikpesu‚ (2009). The importance of primary school education cannot be
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