Diversity, Security and Development in Nigeria: A Re-examination of the Language Factor

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dc.contributor.authorOlatunji, Samson Olusola
dc.contributor.authorDe Campos, Elisabeth
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-09T13:23:55Z
dc.date.available2018-07-09T13:23:55Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionpeer revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper critically examines the diverse nature of the Nigerian state in terms of language and cultural heritage, the security challenges violently threatening its continued existence and the issues of the country’s underdevelopment. It, through extensive literature review, examines the role of language in fostering national unity and development. The commonly held opinions about the role of the English language in the unification of the many ethnic nationalities that constitute Nigeria are also critically engaged. The Nigerian language policy is then juxtaposed with cases of multi-ethnic nations that thrive in unity in spite of their linguistic diversities and record impressive development through the multilingual policy implementation in education. The paper, therefore, while not disregarding the immense contribution of the English language to the welding of various nations to make the entity called Nigeria, advocates Government’s commitment to the entrenchment of the multilingual policy in Nigeria’s education system because doing so will not diminish but foster greater level of unity, better security and accelerated all-round national development.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDe Campos, E. & Olatunji, S. O. (2015). Diversity, Security and Development in Nigeria: A Re-examination of the Language Factor. Journal of Peace, Security and Development 1(4), 1-18en_US
dc.identifier.issn2360-9435
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/956
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCentre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 1, No. 4;
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten_US
dc.subjectmultilingual educationen_US
dc.subjectlinguistic heritageen_US
dc.subjectcultural heritageen_US
dc.subjectpoverty, religionen_US
dc.titleDiversity, Security and Development in Nigeria: A Re-examination of the Language Factoren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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