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Title: | The Military, Ethnicity and Democracy in Nigeria |
Author: | Anugwom, Edlyne E. |
Year: | 2001 |
Periodical: | Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080) |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | July |
Pages: | 93-114 |
Language: | English |
Notes: | biblio. refs. |
Geographic terms: | Nigeria West Africa |
Subjects: | ethnicity democracy civil-military relations Military, Defense and Arms Ethnic and Race Relations Politics and Government Military Science, Military Affairs militarism democratization political science |
Abstract: | This paper examines the issue of militarization and ethnicity within the context of democratization in Nigeria. The quest for democracy and therefore development in Nigeria has been hindered by the disruptive influence of ethnicity and militarism. Ethnicity is a ploy used by the military to perpetuate itself in power at the expense of national development. The military's love for power stems partially from a love for wealth and partly from its self-image as custodian of the independent and corporate existence of the country. If the democratic tradition is to be sustained in Nigeria, constitutional as well as policy measures should be adopted to tackle the issues of ethnicity and militarism. Bibliogr., sum. |