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PROMOTING NATIONAL UNITY By Eguriase S. M. Okaka Meaning of National Unity National unity is the act of making people to believe, have faith and show love for one another in addition to working together inculcate the idea of national consciousness and integrity in the mind of the individuals. How Individuals and Groups Can Promote National Unity National unity is important to the stability and sustainability of the country. Aside efforts by government to promote national unity among the citizens of Nigeria; individual and groups also play a major role in the contributing immediately to the unity of the country. Below are some of the ways individuals and groups can promote unity in the country? • Tolerance • Harmony • Hospitality • Inter-marriage • Integration • Non-discrimination among Nigerians. Tolerance: It is the willingness of individuals and groups to accept and tolerate one another especially where there is divergence of opinions or where one exhibits a behavior which does n...

NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND IDENTITY By Eguriase S. M. Okaka Consciousness is the state or quality of awareness. It is the condition of being awake and able to use one’s sense and mental powers to understand events happening around you. Nation: A nation is a stable community of large people united on the basis of a common decent, language, history territory, ethnicity, and culture and living in the same geographical area. National Consciousness: National consciousness is the level of a person’s awareness of issues of and happenings in the nation and how they affect him and others. It is the awareness of citizens of a nation that they share the same identity and have common ties which bind them together. It is this spirit of ones that help a citizen to be patriotic, loyal and committed to things that would move the nation forward e.g., soldiers defending the nation, athletes and footballers representing and bringing honors to their land. National Identity: National identity is the ac...

Obligation of Citizens By Eguriase S. M. Okaka Obligation is defined as the moral or legal duty to do something. For example, teachers have an obligation to teach their students to impact knowledge. Obligation of citizens are responsibilities that the citizens owe to their communities, nation, others and to themselves for peace progress development and harmony to reign in a country. These obligations/duties of citizens are to respect the rights, beliefs and opinions of others, serve in jury when called upon, defend the country against external forces if the need arises, obey laws of the land, and pay taxes as at when due. Classification of the Obligation of Citizens Obligations of citizens to a country can be classified into: • Economic and financial obligations • Civic obligations • Political obligations • Social obligations Economic and Financial Obligation: It is the obligation of every citizen to contribute to the economic growth of our nation by joining in creating wealth,...

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS BY EGURIASE S. M. OKAKA Human beings have been on this earth for over 2000 years. They had always lived in communities, nations or countries. Some of the people in such communities or nations are weak and poor, while others are, rich, and powerful. In order to prevent oppression and make people live together in peace, happily and harmony, the concept of human rights evolved. Meaning of Human Rights Human rights are fundamental freedoms which people or citizens of a nation enjoy and are entitled to as human beings regardless of their sex, race, religion, and culture, nationality in the society or nation they live in. Rights of a citizen are also fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed by law as spelt out in the constitution of the country. Human rights are universal as they are defined in international law; United Nations (U.N) in its declaration of human rights mandated all member-nations to document human rights laws in their constitutions and ens...