HISTORY AS A CATALYST FOR NIGERIA’S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

For post-literate, pre-literate and illiterate societies; from the earliest time up to the contemporary period, history has continued to inform, equip and drive humanity through the vicissitudes of life on earth. Pre-dating man and very much in consonance with time, history not only “breatheâ€, but constantly bequeathson the living innumerable lessons and a wide array of reasonable alternatives, thereby accentuating the minimization of faults and hazardous risks. The importance of history for the “Nigerian Country†in its strides towards catching up with the blazing 21st Century global developmental trends, is simply beyond textbook analysis. However, since history is simply larger than life, the study in trying to explain the pathological condiments that give history its identity and form, undertook the pains of examining the subject matter vis-à-vis Nigeria’s intended national cohesion and development through the multi-dimensional prism. With history, tomorrow has just began.