COMPARATIVE ISSUES ON THE TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND THE NIGERIAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENTS (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Government could be described as a form of leadership that depends on the will of the people to the government.
It’s practiced and handle based on a structure that has been drawn, factoring in many issues that will sustain such a government.
Systems of government has to do with how different social groups or parts work together in order to activities a common goal.
In every economy of the world, the system of government being practiced determines the players and the outcome based on many critical factors which have to be in place before there could be a sustainable government.
Governments involves basically two part namely:
- Those who are to be governed – The citizens
- Those who govern – The leaders
Both parts have their roles to play in the sustenance of such a governmental system in operation.
THE CITIZENS
The citizens of a country are regarded as those who are given birth naturally in the country or naturalized through citizenship procedures.
They hold the highest level of choice as to who roles over them and what characterized the system of government, the people choose who lead them through a ballot system of voting, this system of government is being practiced in many countries of the world including Nigeria.
THE LEADERS
The leaders are the ones that implement the solutions to the need of the citizen on an “as – is” basis following carefully laid down principles and procedure. In the Nigerian context, the democratic system of government is being practiced after many attempts as overruling a military system of government that had been in practice.
In the traditional context however, the choice of candidacy is usually left to the deities Sango, Obatala, Ifa, etc. to decide based on the lineage and descent of the choice candidates.
In fact looking through the pre-colonial epoch in Yoruba political and cultural history, one can see some elements of democracy featured in pre-colonial and traditional Yoruba social and political organisation (Yienusa Kehinde Solami, 2006).
As civilization began to gain influence in Nigeria, a military rule come into power which necessitates the enforcement of strict role on the citizens, this gives way to lax security of lifes and properties, however, the yearnings of the people are not always attended to.
