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Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria

The Nigerian State over the years, experienced continuous attacks from the Boko Haram insurgent group since the period of 2009 to date and that has affected the country’s national security. These continuous attacks have claimed the lives of so many Nigerians and its spread to other countries such as...

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Main Authors: Yerima, Hindatu Maigari, Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello, Terwase, Isaac Terungwa, Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
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Published: International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) 2016
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spelling my.uum.repo.184982016-08-08T08:54:20Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/18498/ Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria Yerima, Hindatu Maigari Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello Terwase, Isaac Terungwa Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam JZ International relations The Nigerian State over the years, experienced continuous attacks from the Boko Haram insurgent group since the period of 2009 to date and that has affected the country’s national security. These continuous attacks have claimed the lives of so many Nigerians and its spread to other countries such as Chad, Niger and Cameroon, and have thus, called for the attention of the international community.Tracing the root causes of the insurgency, similar approach reveals for the new call for Biafra’s secession from Nigeria in 2015. This research paper seeks to investigate the role of zoning and rotation of presidency between the Nigeria’s six geo-political zones as a panacea for resolving the conflict between the North and South, as well as ethno-religious conflicts that bedeviled the peaceful co-existence of the Nigerian State which has the largest population in Africa.The research paper made use of qualitative approach through the conduct of interviews, review from previous literature, online newspapers and other internet sources as means of data collection. The findings, thus, reveal that the Igbo ethnic nationality from the South-East geopolitical zone foresee no hope of occupying the seat of the President of Nigeria hence, the need for secession from Nigeria in order to achieve self-determination through the Republic of Biafra which was fought for in 1967-1970 during Nigeria’s civil war. International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE) 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://repo.uum.edu.my/18498/1/RHSS%206%202%202016%20167-171.pdf Yerima, Hindatu Maigari and Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello and Terwase, Isaac Terungwa and Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam (2016) Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria. Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 6 (2). pp. 167-171. ISSN 2225-0484 http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RHSS/article/view/28521
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Yerima, Hindatu Maigari
Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello
Terwase, Isaac Terungwa
Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria
description The Nigerian State over the years, experienced continuous attacks from the Boko Haram insurgent group since the period of 2009 to date and that has affected the country’s national security. These continuous attacks have claimed the lives of so many Nigerians and its spread to other countries such as Chad, Niger and Cameroon, and have thus, called for the attention of the international community.Tracing the root causes of the insurgency, similar approach reveals for the new call for Biafra’s secession from Nigeria in 2015. This research paper seeks to investigate the role of zoning and rotation of presidency between the Nigeria’s six geo-political zones as a panacea for resolving the conflict between the North and South, as well as ethno-religious conflicts that bedeviled the peaceful co-existence of the Nigerian State which has the largest population in Africa.The research paper made use of qualitative approach through the conduct of interviews, review from previous literature, online newspapers and other internet sources as means of data collection. The findings, thus, reveal that the Igbo ethnic nationality from the South-East geopolitical zone foresee no hope of occupying the seat of the President of Nigeria hence, the need for secession from Nigeria in order to achieve self-determination through the Republic of Biafra which was fought for in 1967-1970 during Nigeria’s civil war.
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author Yerima, Hindatu Maigari
Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello
Terwase, Isaac Terungwa
Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
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Ibrahim, Muhammad Bello
Terwase, Isaac Terungwa
Abdul Talib, Asmat Nizam
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title Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria
title_short Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria
title_full Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria
title_fullStr Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Peace and conflict resolution: Biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in Nigeria
title_sort peace and conflict resolution: biafra agitation and zoning of presidency in nigeria
publisher International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
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