Ethnic diversity and its impact on the issue of national construction in Nigeria

Abstract

The state-building phase is one of the most difficult stages that the state of Nigeria has undergone after independence, due to the Composition of its diverse society -    Religious (There is Islam , Christianity, traditional religions)-    linguistically (There are more than 250 languages, Hausa, Yoruba and Ibo the largest of them) Then there is another conflict between Exotic languages (Arabic and English) -    culturally(According to different religions, ethnicities and languages) -    ethnically (for the existence of more than 250 ethnicities) And through that we observe in Nigerian society - No religion, no language and no culture , Therefore, it is difficult to integrate its members, and Each ethnic group had its own religion, language and culture , Even its geographical area is different , Where Nigeria was divided geographically by major ethnic groups: Hausa, which speaks Hausa in northern Nigeria , Ibo tribes that speak the language of the Ibo in the east , and In the west the Yoruba tribes and their language are Yoruba. Because of these large differences , The state faced multiple crises , Has affected the national construction process in Nigeria