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Title: | The Nigerian Military and National Unity, 1966-1979 |
Author: | Akpan, Moses E. |
Year: | 1988 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Studies (UCLA) |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 1-2 |
Period: | Spring/Summer |
Pages: | 40-46 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | nation building military regimes Military, Defense and Arms Politics and Government Ethnic and Race Relations |
Abstract: | This essay examines the performance of the Nigerian military in solving the problem of political integration. This is done by analysing the factors that contributed to political disintegration prior to the military takeover in 1966 and the steps taken by the military administrations from 1966 to 1979 to correct these anomalies. The solutions that positively influenced the development toward national unity included the creation of more states and the strengthening of the central government. Among the negative actions of the military administrations were the establishment of national political parties and the concurrent control of education. The military administrations succeeded in undertaking primarily structural/constitutional or legal innovations toward national integration, but failed to deal realistically with the psychological propensities or political attitudes of Nigerians. Notes, ref. |