Тип публикации: статья из журнала
Год издания: 2021
Ключевые слова: ethnicity, nation building, national development, nigeria, politics, theophilus owolabi shobowale benson
Аннотация: This article highlights the contributions of Theophilus Owolabi Shobowale Benson to the making of Modern Nigeria. We argue that Benson joined hands with other nationalists to decolonise Nigeria and struggled for the establishment of a just, egalitarian, constitutional and prosperous nation. We conclude that Benson, unlike the preseПоказать полностьюnt crop of Nigerian politicians, did not play ethnic politics neither did he see politics as 'pot of soup' for exclusive personal consumption or a ladder for egocentric aggrandizement and enrichment. An ultraist per excellence with unquenchable passion for purposeful nation building and all-facet national development, Benson's motto throughout his sojourn on Nigeria's political scene, was “service to fatherland”. Data for the study was obtained from primary and documentary sources and subjected to internal and external criticisms as well as textual and contextual analysis. © 2021 Vaclav Skala Union Agency. All Rights Reserved.
Журнал: West Bohemian Historical Review
Выпуск журнала: Vol. 11, Is. 1
Номера страниц: 71-90
ISSN журнала: 18045480
Издатель: Vaclav Skala Union Agency