Ethnicity as a Culture in Politics and Administration in Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to espouse ethnicity as a factor in politics and in the
practice of public administration in Nigeria. It stresses the heterogenity of Nigeria, coupled with the deliberate policy of ‘divide and rule’ by our colonial overlords, which made national integration cumbersome. The policies which government made with a view to integrating and harmonizing the various ethnic nationalities in Nigeria have exacerbated the situation rather than abating it. It therefore recommends that a sense of morality and discipline will make the people active in solving social problems.