Title: 13 Causes of Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria and Solutions - InfoGuide Nigeria
Headings: 13 Causes of Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria and Solutions
13 Causes of Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria and Solutions
13 Causes of Ethnic Conflict in Nigeria
What are the causes of social conflict in Nigeria? Let us discuss …
1) Amalgamation
2) Tribalism
3) Favoritism
4) Corruption and Inept Leadership
5) Resource Control
6) Marginalization of Some Ethnic Groups in the Country
7) Constitutional Reform
8) Religious Intolerance
9) Introduction of Sharia Criminal Legal System
10) Herdsmen Attack
11) Disputes over Ownership of Land
12) Long Military Incursion in Government
Where is the value and sanctity of human life?
13) Lack of vision
Solutions to the inter ethnic crises in Nigeria
Conclusion
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Content: 5) Resource Control
This is one of the causes of ethnic conflict in Nigeria. From 1966, when Isaac Adaka Boro formed a militia group to fight for resource control till date, this issue has been a contentious one in the country. Resource control is a hot issue which has refused to go away due to environmental degradation of the area and lack of real development in the Niger Delta which makes over 90% of federal revenue for running the economy of the nation. Late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua tried to resolve the resource control issue when he gave unconditional amnesty to Niger Delta militants, and offered to train them and rehabilitate the area in exchange for surrendering their weapons. Although, militants have stopped destroying NNPC pipelines and vandalizing export terminals, the agitation for resource control persists today. Recently another militia force gave an ultimatum to other ethnic groups living in the Niger Delta to go before October 1, 2017. We should all condemn this extreme stance but the cause is partly due to marginalization of some ethnic groups in the country and wish for more development from the center. 6) Marginalization of Some Ethnic Groups in the Country
Marginalization of some ethnic groups that make up the country is one of the causes of ethnic conflict in Nigeria. People fighting for ethnic groups have emerged in the recent time such as the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This group is fighting for the state of Biafra which many Nigerians see as an ideal which can never happen.