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Political Revolution At School For Excellence New York

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I AM NIGERIA

My name is Omoruyi Aigbe I am graduate student of Wagner School of Public 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 is 160 million + Interpreted to mean that, Nigeria is the largest black country in the world. The country is largely divided between Christians and Muslims. However, Christians are more in population.
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Culture
There are more than 250 ethnic languages in Nigeria I come from the Bini speaking people, which is per-dominate in the southern part of Nigeria.

There are six geo-political zones: But divided along 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 about 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 the British which had neglected to consider religious, linguistic, and ethnic differences.
Nigeria, gained independence from Britain in 1960, had at that time a population of 60 million people consisting of nearly 300 differing ethnic and cultural groups.
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History Cont.

The Federation of Nigeria, has never really been one homogeneous country, This is obvious, the 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.
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Before the British

There were 12 independent Kingdoms and states that make the present day British colonialized Nigeria.

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Nigeria Political Revolution

The British colonial ideology that divided Nigeria into three regions North, West and East exacerbated the already welldeveloped economic, political, and social differences among Nigeria's different ethnic groups.

F.D. Lugard, in full Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, Baron Lugard Of Abinger
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Gradual Step

The growth of nationalism in Nigeria and the subsequent emergence of political parties were based on ethnic/tribal rather than national interests

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Conflict: How did it began?

The Nigeria political conflict was caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra.
The conflict was the result of economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria.
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Political coup I

Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe AguiyiIronsi He served as the Head of State of Nigeria from January 16, 1966 until he was overthrown and killed on July 29, 1966 by a group of northern army officers who revolted against the government.
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Political coup II

General Yakubu "Jack" DanYumma Gowon

Head of the Federal Military Government of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975.

He took power after one military coup d'etat and was overthrown in another. His regime prevented Biafran secession during the 1966 1970 Nigerian Civil War.

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Coup, counter coup to War

Chukwuemeka OdumegwuOjukwu.

He announced the establishment of Biafra, a secessionist state in southeastern Nigeria, an event that sparked the Nigerian Civil War.

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Impact of the revolution

The immediate cause was 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.
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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

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Nde Uruse. Seno Doo Ara 917 500 5685
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