Indigene/Settler Question in National Politics
| dc.contributor.author | Adeyeye, Joel | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-15T10:10:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-15T10:10:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article examines indigene/settler question in national politics. Contestation over citizenship rights has become a major source of political conflicts in post-independence Nigeria. It argues that the problem of citizenship in Nigerians today largely stems from discrimination and exclusion meted out to Nigerians on the basis of ethnic, regional, religious and gender identities. Essentially those who see themselves as "natives/indigenes" exclude those considered as "stranger/settlers" from enjoying certain rights and benefits which they ought to enjoy as Nigerians upon the fulfillment of certain civil duties such as payment of tax. It further argues that the crisis of citizenship in Nigeria especially the one associated with the distinction between "national" citizenship on the one hand and "local" citizenship on the other draws attention to the inadequacies in the post-colonial constitutions of Nigeria. It is also the argument of this paper that the question of who owns the land is central to indigenes and settlers and how the contestation between them impact on the constitution and citizenship rights and privileges in Nigeria. This paper however concludes that it is not only the amendment of the constitution that can solve this problem, but the need fora reorientation of Nigerians on how to handle this fragile and thorny issue. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 978-187-947-5 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.run.edu.ng:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3318 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Law, University of Llorin, Nigeria. | en_US |
| dc.title | Indigene/Settler Question in National Politics | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |