WEEK 6 and 7
Topic: Promoting National Unity
OBJECTIVES : At the end of the lesson,students should be able to explain
The means of promoting national unity
How individuals can promote national unity
Promoting National Unity
Promoting national unity is the work of everybody in the country, the government and individual should be involved in the means of promoting national unity.
Establishment of institutions (such as unity school): Various institution like unity schools are established for the purpose of promoting unity in the country through accommodating children from any part of the country and giving hem opportunity to learn.
National languages: Despite about the 350 different ethnic groups in Nigeria with different dialects, efforts are being made to promote a national or an official language. For instance English language has been recognized as the official or national language.
Employment and Labor mobility: The federal government employs and transfer workers from different cultural groups to work elsewhere in the country.
Trading activities: The opening of markets in cities and local areas have made people to exchange goods and services together and therefore help to encourage integration.
N.Y.S.C. (National Youth Service Corp) Program Me: This program me is established by the federal government in 1973 to bring about unity among graduates from different institutions, educated fellows to come together from different state to serve their nation for a period of one year.
Transport and communication: Road network, railway lines, telecommunication, bridges and airways are built and constructed by government at various levels to link up rural with urban areas and to ease movement of the people from one place to another, thereby promoting national integration.