Obazi Nkanu Inyang, Christopher C. Ohanyere & Fyentirimam Dan-Asabe
Abstract
For long-term national unity and progress to be achieved, proper implementation of civic education curriculum at all levels of Nigerian education is very significant. It has been asserted that for the country to remain as one indivisible entity, every citizen should first see himself as a Nigerian before seeing himself as Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Efik, Ibibio, Ijaw, Igala, or any other ethnic or cultural group in which he may identify himself with. This means establishing a Nigeria in which the level of national consciousness among the country’s populace has been raised. To build a progressive and unified society, it is necessary to produce patriotic, critical, democratic, and energetic individuals who are socially, economically, and politically accountable as well as people who share a common goal. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to examine in depth the significance of citizenship education in Nigeria; both in terms of effective citizenship and in terms of promoting peace and unity in the country. It is recommended that all Nigerian citizens should be treated fairly and equally as well as a conscious development of a feeling of oneness among Nigerians towards the attainment of national unity.