SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS CRISES AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE.

THE STUDY ADOPTS A SYSTEMATIC, ANALYTICAL AND HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO INVESTIGATE THE FACTORS THAT OFTEN LEAD NATIONS TO INSECURITY, BACKWARDNESS, UNREST, CONFLICT AND MISTRUST ESPECIALLY WITHIN NIGERIA. THE STUDY OBSERVES ALL OVER THE WORLD, NIGERIA INCLUSIVE, THAT THERE IS A CONSCIOUS AND PERSISTENT SEARCH FOR PEACE. THE EVIDENCE IN VARIOUS CRISES CATALOGUE IS DISTURBINGLY INTERMINABLE. THE STUDY POSITS THAT NIGERIA, AS A PLURALISTIC AND A SECULAR NATION, SHOULD TOLERATE, RESPECT AND EXHIBIT THE RIGHT ATTITUDES TOWARDS CITIZENRY AND THEIR FAITHS. IN THIS VIEW, IT WILL NOT SERVE AS AN IMPEDIMENT, BUT, A DEMONSTRATION OF A POLITICAL WILL FOR MANY WITH OPEN-MINDEDNESS, TOLERANCE, HOSPITALITY, ACCOMMODATION AND ULTIMATELY ENGENDERING OF GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSURANCES. THE STUDY ARGUES THAT THE RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS, PARTICIPANTS, LEADERS AND STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD RESPECT ONE ANOTHER'S FAITH AND TENET IN OTHER TO PROMOTE SECURITY OF LIVES, PROPERTY AND DEVELOPMENT ASSURANCES. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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