BRIDGING THE DIVIDE IN MOST AFRICAN SOVEREIGNGTIES: ISSUES IN PEACE AND SECURITY IN NIGERIA, 2015-2023

Abstract

The unity, peace and security of Nigeria as a multi ethnic nation with divergent culture, tradition, tribes, religions, and ideologies have been a function of several nexus which serves as life cord to the sustenance and preservation of the entity. These nexus are so pivotal and inevitable to the point that any attempted disconnect will not only lead to the disintegration of the country but also a state of fragility characterized by many issues such as violent conflict, crisis, war, religious conflict, insecurity, inequality and injustice among others. In view of these, a conscious effort to the stabilization of the entity where the liberty and opportunities to strive, survive and develop will be unhindered should be made a deliberate action plan. This action plan are metamorphosed into building bridges of conducive atmosphere, where opportunities and incentives acts as catalyst to the ensuring of mutual coexistence, harmony, tranquility, fairness and active participation in schemes of affairs. Paradoxically, the absence of the aforementioned fuels the ambits of violence, hatred, persecution, conflict, unpatriotism, divisions, agitations and the creation of scenes unfriendly for human survival and continuous existence and interactions. The study relying on cause and effect-Causality Theory which seeks to present or interpret human relations in terms of an integrated lopsided division or distribution of income or means of survival as an agent of human violence, suffering, conflict and insecurity seeks to x-ray some fundamental issues underlying peace and security in Nigeria.