12 Different Ways Leaders And Each Nigerian Can Promote National Unity, By Nurudeen Tunde Popoola

Promoting national unity is the work of everybody in the country, the government and individual should be involved in the means of promoting national unity.

Nigerian leaders and the government can foster oneness of the various tribes in the country using the six channels highlighted below

1. Establishment of institutions (such as unity school): Various institution like unity schools are established for the purpose of promoting unity in the country through accommodating children from any part of the country and giving them opportunity to learn.

2. National languages: Despite about the 350 different ethnic groups in Nigeria with different dialects, efforts are being made to promote a national or an official language. For instance English language has been recognized as the official or national language.

3. Employment and Labor mobility: The federal government employs and transfer workers from different cultural groups to work elsewhere in the country.

Women from different tribes in Nigeria

4. Trading activities: The opening of markets in cities and local areas have made people to exchange goods and services together and therefore help to encourage integration.

5. N.Y.S.C. (National Youth Service Corp) This program is established by the federal government in 1973 to bring about unity among graduates from different institutions, educated fellows to come together from different state to serve their nation for a period of one year.

Men from the ethnic groups of Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo

6. Transport and communication: Road network, railway lines, telecommunication, bridges and airways are built and constructed by government at various levels to link up rural with urban areas and to ease movement of the people from one place to another, thereby promoting national integration.

Individuals can promote National Unity through the six ways stated below

1. Must be able to tolerate other people
2. Must be hospitable, show warmth and affection to others.
3. Avoid discrimination
4. Allow inter marriage, example of inter marriage is when a Yoruba woman is allowed to marry an Igbo man.
5. Must develop relationship with others
6. By showing love and concern for others.

If the leaders and the followings all decide that enough of hate speeches, enough of religious bigotry, enough of tribal sentiments, enough of nepotism and their likes, national unity will be at our beck and call in Nigeria

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