Introduction since the 1980s, ethnic and religious crises have become a reoccurring decimal in northern nigeria. The jos crisis, book haram terrorist attacks are examples of the various religious crises that have plagued the country in recent times. Religious and ethnic nationalism has led to conflicts about control of state. Tribalism is one of the causes of ethnic conflict in nigeria. A survey conducted in nigeria by lewis and bratton found that almost half of nigerians 48. Religious conflict in nigeria goes as far back as 1953, and in the case of the town of tafawa balewa, to 1948. The igbo massacre of 1966 in the north that followed the countercoup of the same year had as a dual cause the igbo officers coup and preexisting sectarian tensions between the igbos and the local muslims. Loyalty to ethnic groups impedes true nationalism and unity of the country. 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.
Religious crisis in nigeria causes and solutions religious crisis in nigeria is prevalent, owing to a number of reasons. Ethno religious crises simply occur as a result of religious intolerance. Odukoya, journalafrican journal on conflict resolution, year2016, volume16, pages87110. Nigeria is one of the major democracies in african continent. Economic management of ethnoreligious crises in nigeria. 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. The impact of ethnoreligious conflict on nigerian federalism. Causes, effects and solutions ethnic and religious issues form part of the most recurring. The first level is a conflict settlement between the nigerian government and the boko haram movement using a combination of track 1 and track two diplomacy, or multitrack diplomacy.
Nigeria has been pushed hither and thither by recurrent crises of regional or. Ethnoreligious crises are part of issues that are of grave concern in nigeria. Analysts attempt to overcome this difficult by referring to such crises as ethno. There are different identities and segments in this society. At time it becomes difficult to categorize any crisis as ethnic or religious. Ntroduction nigeria presents a complex of individual as well as a conflation and recursive identities of which the ethnic, religious, regional and sub ethnic communal are the most salient and the main bases for violent conflicts in the country. Ethnicity, religion, ethno religious conflict, integration, good governance. Most of the conflicts that take place begin from this ancient ethnic sentiments fueled by selfish political motives. The situation is such that the religious crises tend to reinforce ethnic cleavages and rancor in the country. It has three major religions which are islam, christianity, and african traditional religion. A specific analysis upon identities 199920, authorhaldun canci and o. Request pdf a diary of ethnoreligious crises in nigeria.
From the colonial times till date, leaders use ethnic biases to win election and divide the country. Ethnoreligious conflict at tusung village in barkin ladi lga, plateau state. Here we briefly examine the root causes of the religious crisis in nigeria. For ethnoreligious violent conflict in nigeria, this paper proposes two levels of peacemaking processes. So deep were these religious and ethnic antagonisms that one northern nigerian muslim nationalist leader declared nigeria the mistake of 1914 while a prominent southern nigerian christian. The humanitarian tragedies that have accompanied these ethnoreligious violence have been prohibitive egwu, 20. The challenge of managing nigerias political and ethnic plurality has not been an easy. You can trace causes of ethnic conflict to amalgamation, religious differences, inequality, lack of transparent governance, long military incursion in government and lack of vision or nigerian dream, to mention but a few. Religious dogmatism, prejudice and conflict in nigeria ssrn. A specific analysis upon identities 199920 abstract today, africa is laced with some of the most obstinate conflicts, most of them constructed from differences in religious and ethnic identities.
To preclude religious conflict in nigeria therefore, religious leaders and teachers. This was a major factor in the biafran secession and the resulting civil war. In a journal entitled, curbing violence in nigeria 11. Nigerias large number of ethnic groups, inequalities among them in size, resource endowment. But specifically, the first two are notable while the last is not notable. Closely examining the relationship between religion, ethnicity and conflict in northern. The roots of nigerias religious and ethnic conflict the.