Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,191,585 members, 7,944,759 topics. Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2024 at 12:31 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / Causes Of Biafran War And Lesson Learnt (1661 Views)
Foreign Journalist In Owerri To See Biafran War Weapons. Photos / Lesson Learnt From The Death Of Kogi State Gubernatorial Candidate Audu Abubakar / Historical Photos Of Biafran Soldiers At A Military Base Near Owerri (2) (3) (4)
(1) (Reply)
Causes Of Biafran War And Lesson Learnt by heywhytech1(m): 12:04pm On Apr 24, 2015 |
They said experience is the best teacher, so as history teaches the citizen about what has happened in the time past. Nigeria history cannot go down well without talking about some boiling issues, amongst which is Biafran Civil war. The Nigerian Civil War was fought to reintegrate and reunify the country. This paper will focus on the causes of the war, strategies employed by the belligerents in the conflict, and the lessons learnt. INTRODUCTION The Federation of Nigeria, as it is known today, has never really been one homogeneous country, for it's widely differing peoples and tribes. This obvious fact notwithstanding, the former colonial master decided to keep the country one in order to effectively control her vital resources for their economic interests. Thus, for administrative convenience the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated in 1914. Thereafter the only thing this people had in common was the name of their country since each side had different administrative set - up.This alone was an insufficient basis for true unity. Under normal circumstances the amagalmation ought to have brought the various peoples together and provided a firm basis for the arduous task of establishing closer cultural, social, religious, and linguistic ties vital for true unity among the people. There was division, hatred, unhealthy rivalry, and pronounced disparity in development. The growth of nationalism in the society and the subsequent emergence of political parties were based on ethnic/tribal rather than national interests, and therefore had no unifying effect on the peoples against the colonial master. Rather, it was the people themselves who were the victims of the political struggles which were supposed to be aimed at removing foreign domination. At independence Nigeria became a Federation and remained one country. Soon afterwards the battle to consolidate the legacy of political and military dominance of a section of Nigeria over the rest of the Federation began with increased intensity. It is this struggle that eventually degenerated into coup, counter coup and a bloody civil war. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Nigerian Civil War broke out on 6 July 1967. The war was the culmination of an uneasy peace and stability that had plagued the Nation from independence in 1960. This situation had its genesis in the geography, history, culture and demography of Nigeria. The immediate cause of the civil war itself may be identified as the coup and the counter coup of 1966 which altered the political equation and destroyed the fragile trust existing among the major ethnic groups. As a means of holding the country together in the last result, the country was divided into twelve states from the original four regions in May 1967. The former Eastern Region under Lt. Col. Ojukwu saw the act of the creation of states by decree "without consultation" as the last straw, and declared the Region an independent state of "Biafra. Continue the reading on my blog. www.heywhyzo.com |
Re: Causes Of Biafran War And Lesson Learnt by Penssuwa(m): 12:15pm On Apr 24, 2015 |
if i open that link make thunder tattoo my left yarsh |
(1) (Reply)
Nigeria Vs Biafra Media War Part 2 / Soldiers Fighting Boko Haram Collect N49K As Monthly Salary? / Sen. Umaru Kurfi (APC, Katsina Central) Questions Nominee Kemi Adeosun
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 12 |