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The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict: The Travails of Federalism in Nigeria

The Challenge of Ethnic ConflictThe Travails of Federalism in Nigeria Rotimi T. Suberu (bio) The need to establish a stable system of federal democracy has dominated the history of constitutional discourse and design in Nigeria since the winning of independence from Britain and the inauguration of the First Republic in 1960. Throughout the period of military government that began in 1966 and ended with the establishment of the Second Republic (1979-83), and right on up to current efforts to reintroduce civilian rule, Nigeria has searched for a federal arrangement that can accommodate its combu…