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Wole Soyinka, Hassan Kukah And Nation-Being -
By Erasmus Ikhide |
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Two Nigerian great sons – Professor Wole Soyinka and Rev.Fr. Matthew Hassan Kukah – who deal in words have both opened a much desired but highly detested vista of discourse on issues we like to shy away from, which in all earnestness have assumed virus status; marred Nigeria from the outset, retarded its inward growth, and threatened its continued existence while the people set upon themselves for self-destruction. The ensuring debate occurred in an event organized to mark, honour and celebrate the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s centennial birth anniversary on March 3, 2009. I will concern myself only to just three misunderstood issues – supremacy of Community over State; the challenge of nation-building and the role of religion sects in nation-building in Nigeria .
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Nigeria -
A brief Overview |
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Nigeria is located in west Africa between
longitude 2-15 East of the meridian and latitude
4-14 North of the equator. The landmass is
923,768 square kilometer, 98.59 percent is
land area while, 1.41 percent is water. It has a
typical tropical climate at the coast,
sub-tropics for the inlands and has 2 clearly
defined seasons - the raining season ( April -
October) and the dry season (November - March).
The country is divided into three regions by the
river Niger and it's tributary and the Benue. It
is richly blessed with abundant natural
resources which includes petroleum, natural gas,
iron, tin, limestone, a lot of arable land and
more.
Nigeria has 36 states,
one federal capital territory and is the
most populous country in Africa. It has an estimated population of 140,003,542 people, with male preponderance, based on the 2006 population census.
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The
36 States and Federal Capital Territory
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Abia
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Adamawa
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Akwa Ibom
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Anambra
State |
Bauchi
State |
Bayelsa
State |
Benue
State
Borno State
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Cross River
State | Delta
State | Ebonyi State |
Edo State | Ekiti State | Enugu State | Gombe State
Imo State|
Jigawa State |
Kaduna State | Kano State
| Katsina State
| Kebbi State
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Kogi State |
Kwara State
Lagos State | Nasarawa State
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Niger State |
Ogun State
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Ondo State
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Osun State
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Oyo State |
Plateau State
Rivers State
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Sokoto State
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Taraba State |
Yobe State
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Zamfara State
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Abuja
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