RELIGION AND ETHNICITY AS STRATAGEMS FOR THE TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY IN NIGERIA
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2024-12
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WUKARI INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JOURNAL
Abstract
Nigeria as a Nation has been experiencing socio-political
convulsion on the basis of religion and ethnicity. The independent
and post independent Nigeria is not an exception from this hiccup.
This paper investigated religion and ethnicity as stratagems for
the triumph of mediocrity in Nigeria thus reconnecting the
disconnect through federalism. The research has adopted both
descriptive and analytical methods of investigation. As a diverse
and heterogeneous nation, the Northerners have consistently
asserted their dominance and hegemony over others, as if
Northerners are birthed with Nigeria political power. In their
ethno-religious exhibition, other religions are subservient, and in
their own view, the very least believer in their religion is far better
than the greatest in other religion(s). The findings revealed that
the aftermath of this promotion of religion and ethnicity in the
Nigerian politics is the triumph of mediocrity, incompetent,
unpopular and irrational candidates. The paper, therefore,
recommends federalism as a means for reconnecting the
disconnect between religion and ethnicity in Nigeria.