Nigeria at 100
Subtitle: What next?
By: J.O. Irukwu
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Place of publication not identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 391
ISBN-13: 9789788431695; 9789788431442
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Histoire; Politique et gouvernement
Description: Nigeria at 100 is an attempt to document in modest and constructive language Nigeria''s journey as a modern nation in the past 100 years, highlighting the landmark events during this period. the book is divided into four parts with a total of 22 chapters. The first part, with seven chapters deals with the historical background starting with the early history and covering the pre-colonial years, independence and the challenges of nationhood, military intervention in politics and governance, the civil war, the return to democracy and the continuing challenges of development.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-375) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART ONE: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1; title: EARLY HISTORY; Colonisation; Amalgamation; Constitutional Development and the Struggle for Independence; CHAPTER 2; title: INDEPENDENCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF NATIONHOOD; The Pre-Independence Federal Elections; Commencement of the Task of Nation Building; Progress and Stability Disrupted by Political Upheavals; Disputed Census and Elections results, 1962-1965; Disputed Western Regional Elections, November 1965.; title: CHAPTER 3; title: MILITARY INTERVENTION IN POLITICS AND GOVERNANCEThe Politicisation of the Military; Nigeria and Three Decades of Military Rule; The Pre-1966 Nigeria Inherited by the Military; The Nigerian State Inherited from the Leadership of the First Republic; CHAPTER 4; title: CIVIL WAR AND THE TASK OF RECONCILIATION, REHABILITATION AND RECONSTRUCTION; Unsuccessful Negotiations to End the Civil War, 1968-1969; The Civil War Ends; The Task of Reconciliation, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction; Lessons of the Civil War.; title: CHAPTER 5; title: BRIEF RETURN TO DEMOCRACY AND SHAGARI'S SECOND REPUBLIC CHALLENGES 1979; title: 1983The Government of President Shehu Shagari, 1979; title: 1983; 1979 Second Republic Constitution Departure from Earlier Constitutions; Some Factors that Contributed to the Return of the Military and the Termination of the Second Republic in 1983; Some Notable Highlights of the Second Republic; CHAPTER 6; title: RETURN TO MILITARY RULE; Highlights of the Buhari, Babangida, Abacha and Abubakar Military Regimes, 1983-1999; The June 12 Issue; CHAPTER 7; title: JOURNEY TO DEMOCRATIC REBIRTH.; title: Obasanjo's Journey from Prison to PresidencyNational Reconciliation; Continuing Challenges of Democratic Development; Obasanjo Elected for a Second Term; From Obasanjo to Yar'adua: the Continuation of the Struggle to Entrench Democracy and the Rule of Law; PART TWO: IMPEDIMENTS TO NATION-BUILDING; CHAPTER 8; title: THE LEADERSHIP PROBLEM; Some Essential Qualities of a Leader; Good and Effective Leadership; Political Leadership and the Nigerian Leadership Elite; CHAPTER 9; title: THE ETHNIC FACTOR; Constitution Recognizes the Negative Effects of Ethnicity.; title: CHAPTER 10; title: CORRUPTION AND THE CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENTWhy the Leadership Elite is Accountable; Corruption as a National Disaster and Attempts by Different Regimes to Fight It; The First Military Intervention in Governance and the Fight against Corruption; CHAPTER 11; title: THE ADVENT OF THE NIGERIAN DELINQUENTS; The Delinquent versus the Good Nigerian; Attempts by Nigerian Governments to Address the Problem of the Delinquents; Thirty Years After, What Happened?; CHAPTER 12; title: THE INVASION OF NIGERIA'S LEADERSHIP BY DELINQUENTS.