Nigeria

Learning from the Past to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century

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ID4898092
AuthorsKelechi A Kalu (corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume77
Issue4
Pages1367-1400
Publication date2010-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-783X • E-ISSN: 1944-768X
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/sor.2010.0008
OpenAlexW86851510
LanguageEN
References cited14

The paper examines how Nigerians have articulated and implemented their national interest through the establishment and maintenance of a robust and viable state as a vector for national development. It argues that while external factors have impact on Nigeria's capacity for transformational development, how Nigerians choose to live together to build a viable and stable political system is more important than external influences on the people and the state. While prescribing a strategy for transcending historically debilitating development problems, the paper argues that without serious discussion on the particularities of the different ethno-nationalities, Nigeria will remain as the nationalists saw it-a figment of British imagination: a failed central governance structure with a workable state. Starting with the nature of governance, the paper analyzes why Nigeria's development policies have failed, and the extent lessons from past governance and development policies are helpful for meeting national challenges in the twenty-first century

Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Management · National development · Nigerians · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · State (computer science) · Transformational leadership · African Education and Politics · Economic Growth and Development · International Development and Aid · Law · Public Administration

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