Crafting the New Nigeria: Confronting the ChallengesRobert I. Rotberg Is Nigeria, with its vast wealth in both human and natural resources, on the path to realizing its enormous potential? Or is it in danger of becoming a failed state? 'Crafting the New Nigeria' considers the challenges that the country's leadership now faces, offering analyses of Nigeria s current political and economic systems. |
Contents
Toward Democratic Federalism | 17 |
The Nationalities Question | 39 |
Democratizing Nigerias Federal Experiment | 61 |
Governance and | 99 |
Can It Be Achieved? | 125 |
Hardly Credible but Acceptable | 139 |
Principal Human Rights Challenges | 175 |
The Roots of Sectarian Violence and Its Cure | 219 |
Better Leadership | 239 |
Glossary | 253 |
About the Book 273 | |
Common terms and phrases
1999 constitution 2003 elections Abacha Abuja Adamawa administration African Anambra ANPP APGA areas Babangida Bayelsa Benue Borno capital central challenge Chapter civil civilian coalition Commission communities competition conflict corruption country's culture Democracy democratic distribution economic electoral elite emirate Enugu epidemic ethnic ethnolinguistic federal government Federation Account fiscal funds governors groups growth Hausa HIV/AIDS Human Rights Watch Ibadan Igbo independence INEC institutions Islamic issues Kaduna Kano Katsina Kwara Lagos leaders leadership major ment Middle Belt military rule million Muslim National Assembly nationality question NGOs Nige Niger Delta Nigeria Nigerian federation Nigerian political northern officials organizations percent political parties politicians polling population President Obasanjo presidential problems reform regime regional Report Republic revenue allocation sector sharia law social Sokoto south-south southwest strategy Suberu Supreme Court tion vigilante voters voting Yoruba Zamfara zones