While the third part addresses the consequences, the fourth and final part is the conclusion. Get free research paper on religious conflicts in nigeria. Manifestation, effect and the aw y forardw nwaomah, s. The thrust of this paper therefore, is to undertaken an analytical inquiry into the immediate and visible. We observe that the democratisation efforts in nigeria appear to have failed woefully as a result of ethno religious crises. In nigeria the christianmuslim thing is the tip of the iceberg, he says.
Abstract since the 1914 amalgamation of the northern and southern regions of nigeria by the british colonial government, nigerians have continued to debate the issues of peaceful coexistence among the various ethnic groups on the one hand, and between. Here we briefly examine the root causes of the religious crisis in nigeria. Download 5mb abstract this thesis explores and analyses the impact of ethnoreligious conflicts in the city of jos and other parts of the middle belt and nigeria on gender relations and the lives of women. Good governance, conflicts, ethnoreligious identities, clashes of civilization and. Colonial masters play a vital role in the growth of ethno religious conflicts, these colonial masters brought the christianity with them and try to penetrate the western values in the system of nigeria. By this is meant the country is a melting pot of ethnic. Nigeria lies in the fact that as a centripetal force, democracy is the only institutional arrangement that can guarantee the peaceful resolution or management of ethnic and religious conflicts olayode, 2007. The focus of the paper is on the interface between ethno religious leaders, communication and ethno religious conflicts. Elaigwu and muhammed give a more comprehensive picture of communal and ethnoreligious crises in table 1. Religious conflicts in nigeria by barry mason and chris talbot 28 february 2000 violent religious clashes broke out in the city of kaduna in northern nigeria on february 21 and have continued. Ethnoreligious conflicts and a nation in crisis punch. The gruesome clashes among some of nigerias disparate ethnoreligious groups have become a nightmare that haunts the country and constitute a threat to.
For conflict management at the university of jos, nigeria. Beyond ethnoreligious reading of violent conflicts, by. Good governance, conflicts, ethno religious identities, clashes of civilization and. This article examines the explosion of violent ethno religious and communal conflicts in nigeria, contrary to the widespread expectation that the inauguration of the civilian administration would usher in democratic stability. Major causes of ethno religious conflicts in nigeria unlike other forms of social conflicts, ethno religious conflict entails different ethnic groups that belong to different religions. Department of political science and public administration. A case study of langtang north lga of plateau state. The central thesis of this article is that political mobilization drawn along politicized ethno religious lines has precluded the emergence of a true national identity in. Hedonic price modeling of the influence of violent ethno. Ethnic and religious conflicts in nigeria from 1999 to 2008. Religion is a controversial issue in world affairs. Ethnic and religious crises in nigeria african journals online.
Media violence and attitude towards ethnoreligious and. Professor of biblical studies mission and religion and society babcock university, ilishanremo, ogun state, nigeria email. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the elusive quest for. The above explains why ethnoreligious crises have attracted scholars interrogations profoundly. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the travails of national integration in nigeria s fourth republic. Download ethnoreligious conflict in nigeria by basil ugorji to read the full paper in pdf. Implications on women article pdf available in mediterranean journal of social sciences 851. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the elusive quest for national.
While some of these conflicts were low intensity contestations and bitter war of words, others erupted into violent sectarian clashes. The role of religion in peace and conflict in nigeria. In a nation bound with vast geographic and vast ethnic and religious differences, these religious differences aid conflict which. Introduction recently nigeria has been rattled by recurrent religious and ethnoreligious conflicts especially from the late eighties, precisely, 1987. Tijjani ahmed mohammed, mohd nasir omar, and ibrahim abu bakar in their study, ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria. This is approved for students in accountancy business computer science economics engineering arts. Especially in africa, religion has been at the heart of much of the contemporary conflicts. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, nigeria, muslim christian relations in africa, august 2009, 19. The literature on ethno religious violence in nigeria largely implicates socialeconomic, political and governance deficits as the major causes of such violence. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the elusive quest for national identity in nigeria. Ethnoreligious conflicts on nigerias social and political. Communal and ethnoreligious crises and their implications. Since the return to democratic rule in 1999 after almost three decades of military rule, ethnoreligious conflicts have been a recurring decimal in nigeria.
Misinterpreting ethnic conflicts in africa, africa center for strategic studies, africa security brief no. The spate of ethnoreligious conflict in nigeria has however, increased with the birth of fourth republic. Politically, ethno religious conflicts are responsible for political instabilities in the third world nations. Strategies for rebuilding state capacity to manage ethnic. We observe that the democratisation efforts in nigeria appear to have failed woefully as a result of ethnoreligious crises. Cases of ethnoreligious violence in northern nigeria.
The literature on ethnoreligious violence in nigeria largely implicates socialeconomic, political and governance deficits as the major causes of such violence. Using marxs conflict perspective, the paper argued that these clashes and conflicts are inbuilt in socioeconomic and political arrangements of post colonial nigeria. Sometimes religious difference compounds the problem. Ethnoreligious conflicts and the dilemma of democratic. Ethnoreligious conflictsviolence in northern nigeria core. So, impact of ethnoreligious crises on socio economic activities in wukari local government area will be xrayed with a view to proffering some recommendations to forestall future occurrence. Nigerias pernicious drivers of ethnoreligious conflict. Pdf the impact of ethnoreligious conflict on nigerian. Building state capacity to manage ethnic and religious conflict in.
The findings revealed that the media contributes effectively in ethnoreligious conflicts and also confirmed a significant success of media in ethnoreligious conflicts. More than,500 people have been killed in communal violence since nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999 hrw, 2010a. It is essential to advert that both religious and ethnic causal agents have always acted together in the majority of social conflicts in nigeria. These contradictions has proved incurable especially as efforts to obliterate them have always been truncated aggressively by the custodians of power.
Nigeria is one of the nations in the world whose political landscape has been inundated in spectrum of rearing complex conflicts ranging from resource, communal, to political and ethno religious conflicts. Whats underneath the water is a much more complex sociopolitical situation, which cannot be explained just in terms of the religious divide. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, nigeria philip ostien abstract conflict between. Mar 15, 2016 the gruesome clashes among some of nigerias disparate ethnoreligious groups have become a nightmare that haunts the country and constitute a threat to peaceful coexistence among nigerians. The question about living together in peace emerged in the nigerian national debate as a result of the violent confrontation that. This paper aims to highlight some of the ethnoreligious conflicts that have taken place in nigeria and its. This article critically examines the elusive search for a true national identity in nigeria amid persistent ethno religious conflicts and violent attacks in nigeria today. This article recommends creative and refreshing ways through which the rising tide of ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria can be stemmed in order to allow for the emergence of a true national identity. An assessment of the february 21, 2000, kaduna metropolitan conflict, paper presented at the national conference on crisis and conflict management in nigeria since 1980, organized by the nigerian defence academy, kaduna, 1517 june. Aug 08, 2009 by umar yusuf yola it is estimated that over one hundred thousand nigerians a a have lost their lives in ethnoreligious crisis that have engulfed the country since the enthronement of.
The focus of this study is to examine how ethno religious conflicts affect the nature of democracy with a view to proffering solutions for its sustenance in nigeria. New turn to this conflict, the violent islamist group. Since independence, in 1960, nigeria has struggled to control ethno religious conflicts. Originally published 8 nov 2011 origin view original. Department of sociology usmanu danfodiyo university, sokoto. More worrisome is the violence against women and children which on a large scale, is the salient aspect of the phenomenon. This article examines the explosion of violent ethnoreligious and communal conflicts in nigeria, contrary to the widespread expectation that the inauguration of the civilian administration would usher in democratic stability. Democracy and ethnoreligious conflicts in jos, plateau state. Sociological implications of communal and ethnoreligious. Ethnic and religious issues form part of the most recurring phenomena in nigerias body politics. The disturbing economic, political and social consequences of ethno religious crises and conflicts in nigeria are major concerns of all stakeholders in the nigerian development process. The phenomenon of ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria has generated sustained.
Ethnoreligious crises are part of issues that are of grave concern in nigeria. The importance, how to, effect causes relationship, comparison, history, role. Introduction peoples and countries with similar cultures are coming together. The paper is guided by four specific anchor questions. The frequent occurrence of ethnoreligious conflicts with the coming of democracy is due to. Elaigwu and muhammed give a more comprehensive picture of communal and ethno religious crises in table 1. The paper concludes by suggesting how to curb ethno religious problems in nigeria in order to promote good governance. European journal of social sciences volume, number 3 2010 346 manifestations of ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria by ethnoreligious conflict, it means a situation in which the.
Religion is often depicted as a trigger factor in many conflicts. Otite 200 in his own view, opined that in a democratic situation ethnicity, and religious become weapons of power game as a symbolic difference and instrumental game of number. Time and again, postinde pendence efforts at nation building have been stifled by nigerias complex ethnoreligious configuration. This paper examined the ethnoreligious and communal clashes that have bedeviled nigeria since the inauguration of the present democratic government in may 1999. Other minor violent conflicts that intermittently flared up in different parts of northern nigeria were mostly driven by land disputes between groups. Kakabadse blames a lethal combination of outside oil interests, longstanding local conflicts and poverty for the sectarian strife. The paper concludes by suggesting how to curb ethnoreligious problems in nigeria in order to promote good governance. The case of plateau state of nigeria abubakar sokoto mohammed 1. The disturbing economic, political and social consequences of ethnoreligious crises and conflicts in nigeria are major concerns of all stakeholders in the nigerian development process. Nov 03, 2017 the study relied on both primary and secondary data in its resolve to explain the role of media in ethnoreligious conflicts in kaduna state. Before 1999, most of the communal conflicts that erupted in nigeria were purely ethnic in nature as experienced in the key urban centers of nigeria. Nigeria, like many african countries, is a multiethnic country with over 250 ethnic groups, where islam and christianity are the two predominant religious beliefs.
This study examined the recurring indigenesettler and ethnoreligious conflicts in northern nigeria which have now characterized the hitherto peaceful coexistence among the various ethnoreligious and communal groups across nigeria, made average. In nigeria, ethnoreligious crises have become a part of the national history. In the management of ethnoreligious conflicts in nigeria, albert 1993, p. This also is instrumental to the rise of ethnoreligious crisis in nigeria especially in democratic setting. Ethnoreligious conflicts and national security in nigeria. Nigerias diversities have been the cause of conflicts which has resulted in the death, displacement, sexual violations, injuries, disabilities among others, of the population affected. Ethnoreligious conflict in jos, plateau state, nigeria. The specters of violence occasioned by inter and intra religious, ethno religious or. This study examined democracy and ethno religious conflicts in jos, plateau state in nigeria s fourth republic. Religious crisis in nigeria causes and solutions religious crisis in nigeria is prevalent, owing to a number of reasons. Ethno religious conflicts and democracy in nigeria dr. In addition, ethno religious and communal conflicts have been responsible for millions of deaths across the globe. Religious conflicts in nigeria world socialist web site. The causes of ethno religious conflicts in nigeria are embedded in the basic foundations of the nationstate.
This essay studies the indigenesettler tensions in jos, the capital of plateau state. Ethnoreligious conflicts have continued to besiege nigeria for decades. John paden nigeriaits vast population evenly split between muslim and christianis counting down to another presidential election, scheduled for february 2015. D department of political science ekiti state university, adoekiti, nigeria abstract.
Ethno religious conflict, residential property value, hedonic, northern nigeria 1. Since independence, in 1960, nigeria has struggled to control ethnoreligious conflicts. Strategies for rebuilding state capacity to manage. It is rich but nigerians are poor, many extremely so, its members are from different ethnic, political and religious communities. D department of political science ekiti state university, adoekiti, nigeria mike opeyemi omilusi ph. With different development plans by the government targeted towards sustaining the nation, little or no results seem to be forthcoming. Political and ethno religious conflagrations have severally drawn the country to the precipice of disaster. Pdf the menace of ethnoreligious conflict on economic. Pdf communal conflict in nigeria been developed to explain in details the nature of conflict situations in. The focus of this study is to examine how ethnoreligious conflicts affect the nature of. Rhethorics and realities of managing ethnoreligious. Introduction recently nigeria has been rattled by recurrent religious and ethno religious conflicts especially from the late eighties, precisely, 1987. The middle belt region, to which plateau state belongs, is one of. Ethnoreligious identity and conflict in northern nigeria.
Since the return to democratic rule in 1999 after almost three decades of military rule, ethno religious conflicts have been a recurring decimal in nigeria. The focus of the paper is on the interface between ethnoreligious leaders, communication and ethnoreligious conflicts. This study examined the menace of ethnoreligious conflict on economic development in nigeria. Ethnoreligious conflict, residential property value, hedonic, northern nigeria 1. The thrust of this paper therefore, is to undertaken an analytical inquiry into the immediate and visible factors that trigger religious conflicts in the country. The issue has permeated the nations political land scape since the colonial period and up till the present time, there seems to be no solution in sight to the accompanying conflicts of ethnic rivalry and religious intolerance. Ethnoreligious conflicts and democracy in nigeria dr. Pdf ethnoreligious conflicts have continued to besiege nigeria for decades. The jos crisis, book haram terrorist attacks are examples of the various religious crises that have plagued the country in recent times.
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