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THE 21ST CENTURY AGENDA FOR PEACE IN A MULTI-RELIGIOUS AND MULTI-LINGUAL NATION LIKE NIGERIA. (THE RUGA IMPLICATION)

PETER C EKECHUKWU

Abstract


There is no gain saying that Nigeria is a pluralistic heterogeneous Nation, made up of over 250 ethnic groups, three major religious group, many languages with unrelated cultural practices. Based on these core differences, the need for peaceful co-existence cannot be underemphasized. This paper examined the 21st century agenda for peace in a multi-religious and multi-language nation. It highlighted the concept of conflict and its possible sources as well as concept of peace. The paper based its discussions on the democratic peace theory. In the paper, a brief history of Nigeria is highlighted considering the fourth republic. A brief historical background to the ethnic and cultural conflict in Nigeria was also expounded most recent been the Agatu killing of the Fulani Herdsmen. Nigeria is expounded as a multi-ethnic and religious nation with over 250 ethnic nationality. Apart from religious and cultural crisis, other infrastructural crisis like the agitation in the Niger Delta as well as the Fulani- Herdsmen is also bedeviling the nation. Currently, another anti-peace policy of the Federal Government is the RUGA programme. Over the years, many peace policy including Amnesty programme and the national Confab have been considered. In the mist of these, it is imperative that an Agenda for Peace should be Set. Paramount among them is the reconsideration of the 2014 Confab report.

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