EVOLUTION OF A JUST NIGERIAN STATE VIS A VIS THE LAW OF KARMA

Abstract

Nothing raises more questions, or is more misunderstood than the notion of karma. Karma is a Vedic Science, with its root in India, and is a central teaching of many spiritual traditions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Taoism and Jainism. The wheel of karma is the idea that everything in our life takes place due to past actions and that present actions affect future lifetimes. The fruit of previous actions are like echoes, and they cannot be escaped. Karma is intricately linked to causality. The idea of a just society first gained momentum and attention when philosophers such as John Stuart Mill asked, “What is a 'just society'?” Their writings covered several different perspectives including allowing individuals to live their lives as long as they did not infringe on the rights to others, to the idea that the resources of society should be distributed to all, including those most deserving first. The main thrust of this research is to examine the relationship between karma, restructuring and resource control which has over the recent times began to gather momentum and relevance within the Nigerian political space. The belief is that this will help engender a just Nigerian state. Meanwhile, the researcher discovered that a just society is guaranteed when resources are equitably distributed, especially to those who are most deserving. Historical research method was adopted in the conduct of this research.