Federal Character Principle And National Integration

Federal Character Principle and National Integration CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Nigeria, a federation of many different nations, is the most populous country in Africa with approximately 160 million inhabitants. The country is divided into 36 states and 748 local government areas. The religious, ethnic and cultural diversity of the federative units is, without a doubt, an exception. Otite (1990) in Mustapha (2007) identifies 374 ethnic groups that are largely divided into "majorities" and "minorities." The majority ethnic groups are Hausa-Fulani from the north, Yorub…