Feminism In Nigeria

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This paper examines leadership practice in Nigeria from a feminist perspective. The paper briefly x-rayed Nigeria’s problems from a feminist perspective and come to the conclusion that, majority of these problems are caused by the default androcentric social practices allowed by patriarchy and masculinism, it is important to proffer solution to these problems using the same feminist theoretical frame-work. Hence, this paper attempts long lasting solution to the problem of leadership as it confronts Nigeria.
FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE ON SOME NIGERIA NATIONAL ISSUES
This section looks at some of the issues that concern Nigeria leadership and development problems and try to look at them from a feminist perspective in order to chart a new paradigm at …show more content…

However, this long-term campaign involved widespread support in educated circles to replace the term “tribe” or “tribal” with the more universally applicable concept of ethnicity. What if we insert element of this feminist theory into the history of our people by claiming we are from the same ancestral cord despite our linguistic differences. The Nupes regard Yoruba as brother from the same mother, that is why we hardly hear of clash between the two ethnic group. Nevertheless, older beliefs died slowly, and ethnic identities were still a vital part of national life since 1990. An untamed emphasis on ethnicity like this gives birth to …show more content…

Truly, the spate of murderous killings of Bola Ige, Alfred Rewane, Dikibo, Ogbonna Uche, Marshall Harry, Funsho Williams and Dipo Dina, sent to their early graves between 1999 and 2010, and the fact that former governors as Akume, Ibori, Nnamani, Udenwa, Tinubu and Orji among others, it one point in time during this fourth republic had had close encounter with the men of the underworld lend credence to this

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