Galvanizing Culture for Nigeria's Development

Culture is an all embracing concept which constitute in its entirety 'the way of life' of a group of people. This involves morals, values, norms, among others, which influence man's perception and invariably affect how he relates with his environment for development. Hitherto, develo...

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Main Author: Ngozi Ezenagu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of General Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti 2014-05-01
Series:ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO
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Online Access:https://journals.abuad.edu.ng/index.php/agidigbo/article/view/562
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description Culture is an all embracing concept which constitute in its entirety 'the way of life' of a group of people. This involves morals, values, norms, among others, which influence man's perception and invariably affect how he relates with his environment for development. Hitherto, development itself is multifaceted. Therefore, this paper posits that it is only a culture based development that can address the needs of its populace. Any meaningful development must be rooted in the cultural values of the nation in order to retain its identity. Most developing nations like Nigeria are compromising their national identity for the price of development. A retrospect of Nigeria pre-colonial days gave an overview of culture oriented development. The paper conclusively, launched the need for Nigeria to imbibe development compatible to its culture.
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spelling doaj-art-8ba213d94dcc4d4c98ece49faa965f752025-08-20T02:13:16ZengDepartment of General Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-EkitiABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO3043-44752014-05-012110.53982/agidigbo.2014.0201.09-jGalvanizing Culture for Nigeria's DevelopmentNgozi Ezenagu0Department of Tourism and Events Management, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti Culture is an all embracing concept which constitute in its entirety 'the way of life' of a group of people. This involves morals, values, norms, among others, which influence man's perception and invariably affect how he relates with his environment for development. Hitherto, development itself is multifaceted. Therefore, this paper posits that it is only a culture based development that can address the needs of its populace. Any meaningful development must be rooted in the cultural values of the nation in order to retain its identity. Most developing nations like Nigeria are compromising their national identity for the price of development. A retrospect of Nigeria pre-colonial days gave an overview of culture oriented development. The paper conclusively, launched the need for Nigeria to imbibe development compatible to its culture. https://journals.abuad.edu.ng/index.php/agidigbo/article/view/562CultureDevelopmentNational DevelopmentNigeria
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National Development
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title Galvanizing Culture for Nigeria's Development
title_full Galvanizing Culture for Nigeria's Development
title_fullStr Galvanizing Culture for Nigeria's Development
title_full_unstemmed Galvanizing Culture for Nigeria's Development
title_short Galvanizing Culture for Nigeria's Development
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Development
National Development
Nigeria
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