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Managing Diversity In Nigeria: Interrogating The Development Challenges Of A Plural African State

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  • Kingsley Nnorom

    (Department of Sociology, Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria)

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This paper interrogates the development challenges of a plural African state by studying the managing of diversity in pluralist Nigeria. The case study country is the most populous state in Africa and the sixth most populated nation in the world. The structural makeup of the country, with over 250 ethnic groups and more than 500 spoken languages, exemplifies national diversities and plurality. Plural society tensions constitute one of the most debilitating world problems that diminish collective human potential. The embedded domestic frictions also invariably translate to the stunting of regional and global development. The purpose of the study is to investigate how the management of plurality and its associated diversities relates with national development in plural societies. The work adopted the documentary research methodology by consulting extant literature, which entailed the examination of book contents, perusal of journal articles, studying of official government publications and online materials. The investigation found a position of mismanagement of plurality and diversities in the case study country which leads to functional deformities. Political elite corruption was central to this scenario. The implication of the study's findings is that such assumed national and regional problems occasioning plural society tensions which actually contribute to retarded global progress have remained unaddressed. A further significance of the study's results is that with political elite consciousness and altruistic contributions, plural states with presumed fatal diversities can fully transform into developed and unquestionably modern societies.

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  • Kingsley Nnorom, 2023. "Managing Diversity In Nigeria: Interrogating The Development Challenges Of A Plural African State," Social Sciences and Education Research Review, Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova, vol. 10(1), pages 64-72, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:edt:jsserr:v:10:y:2023:i:1:p:64-72
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8151085
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    1. Marleen Dekker & Nicky Pouw, 2022. "Introduction to the Special Issue: Policies for Inclusive Development in Africa," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(5), pages 2137-2155, October.
    2. Vusi Gumede, 2018. "Social policy for inclusive development in Africa," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 122-139, January.
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    Keywords

    Pluralism; federalism; plural states; the Nigerian state; African states; Development in Africa;
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