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Global Classroom

Political Revolution

At

School For Excellence

New York

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I AMNIGERIA

My name is OmoruyiAigbe

I am graduate student

of Wagner School ofPublic Service

New York University

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Warm up/Expectations

What do you know

about Nigeria?

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Nigeria, where is it Located?

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Democratic Governance

1999 2007: Olusengun Obasanjo

2007 2011: Musa Yar' adua

2011 date: Goodluck Jonathan

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Population/Religion

Current statistics shows that Nigeria population is160 million +

Interpreted to mean that, Nigeria is the largestblack country in the world.

The country is largely divided between Christiansand Muslims. However, Christians are more inpopulation.

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Culture

There are more than 250 ethnic languages inNigeria

I come from the Bini speaking people, which is

per-dominate in the southern part of Nigeria.

There are six geo-political zones: But dividedalong the North, South, East and West.

Thirty-six States, 774 Local Authority

English is the official language for communication

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Nigeria People

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Nigeria People Contd

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Culture, People and Places

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Home Culture

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Nigeria: Focus

Abuja Nigeria

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Culture, People and Places

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Nigeria: Focus

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What do you know aboutWhat do you know aboutRevolution?Revolution?

Can it lead to war?

American Civil War by

Alexander Gardner,1862.

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Nigeria History

Nigeria was an artificial structure initiated by theBritish which had neglected to consider

religious, linguistic, and ethnic differences.

Nigeria, gained independence from Britain in1960, had at that time a population of 60 million

people consisting of nearly 300 differing ethnicand cultural groups.

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History Cont.

The Federation of Nigeria, has never reallybeen one homogeneous country,

This is obvious, the colonial master decided tokeep the country one in order to effectivelycontrol her vital resources for their economicinterests.

Thus, for administrative convenience theNorthern and Southern Nigeria wereamalgamated in 1914.

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Before the British

There were 12 independent Kingdoms and

states that make the present day Britishcolonialized Nigeria.

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Nigeria Political Revolution

The British colonialideology that dividedNigeria into threeregions North, Westand East exacerbatedthe already well-developed economic,

political, and socialdifferences amongNigeria's differentethnic groups.

F.D. Lugard, in full FrederickJohn Dealtry Lugard, BaronLugard Of Abinger

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Gradual Step

The growth of nationalism in Nigeria and thesubsequent emergence of political parties were

based on ethnic/tribal rather than nationalinterests

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Conflict: How did it began?

The Nigeria political conflict was caused by theattempted secession of the southeastern

provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimedRepublic of Biafra.

The conflict was the result of economic, ethnic,

cultural and religious tensions among thevarious peoples of Nigeria.

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Political coup I

Major General JohnsonThomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi

He served as the Head ofState of Nigeria from January16, 1966 until he wasoverthrown and killed on July29, 1966 by a group of

northern army officers whorevolted against thegovernment.

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Political coup II

General Yakubu "Jack" Dan-Yumma Gowon

Head of the Federal MilitaryGovernment of Nigeria from

1966 to 1975. He took power after one

military coup d'etat and wasoverthrown in another.

His regime prevented Biafransecession during the 19661970 Nigerian Civil War.

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Coup, counter coup to War

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu.

He announced theestablishment of Biafra, a

secessionist state insoutheastern Nigeria, anevent that sparked theNigerian Civil War.

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Impact of the revolution

The immediate causewas identified as thecoup and the countercoup of 1966 whichaltered the political

equation and destroyedthe fragile trust existingamong the major ethnic

groups.

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Impact

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Questions

How can we avoid this kind?

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Nigeria Loves you

Thank you

Udo

Nde

Uruse.

Seno

Doo

Ara

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