Political Violence in Nigeria:The Role of the Church

• 作者: Oti Alaba Rotimi
• 来源期刊: 国际关系与外交:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: POLITICS VIOLENCE the CHURCH and NIGERIA
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（2）
• 页码范围: 72-81
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

In Nigeria today,it seems that politics is synonymous to violence.Though there are many political parties with different ideologies in the country,some of them are found to engage in actions or words intended to hurt people.In fact,they go to the extent of using dangerous weapons to inflict injuries on perceived political opponents.In this respect,this paper establishes the fact that there is political violence in Nigeria and also examined some of the factors responsible for violence in Nigeria politics such as political environment,ethnicity or tribal politics,intolerance,the insincerity of our political leaders,and electoral fraud.In the same vein,critical criticism as a result of deep hatred for a party or person may also engender political violence in the form of words or utterances.The consequences of such political violence are enormous in every aspect of our national life,which would need the intervention of the church as a voice to save Nigeria and the world from the state of violence and the insurmountable problems attached.Though the church in this country has been playing significant roles,more has to be done to make a positive impact especially among the youths who are the leaders of tomorrow and unfortunately the instruments being used for this political violence.This paper adopted a qualitative research method,while data were collected through secondary sources and internet materials.