Nigeria: Youth Perspective On Citizenship in Nigeria

4 February 2014

"How can they come to our land (state) and fight us?" "Our government should do something about this and do it fast!" "We have to chase them out of our land!"

These and many more are comments one comes across everyday on both social networks and group discussions among citizens of Nigeria, especially from states like Benue, Plateau, Taraba etc. Why is there conflict everywhere about who owns the land and who doesn't? In trying to answer these bothersome questions a lot of things have to be considered. For example, who is a citizen? What is the difference between citizenship and indigeneship? What is the position of the Constitution?

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