Benue State University, Makurdi

The Post-Colonial State in Africa and Prospect for Development and Democracy

Adagba Okpaga

Abstract

One major problem African states are facing today is that of national integration and development One would have thought that the enthusiasm that greeted the acquisition of political independence in Africa would have equally spurred rapid economic and political development. But what one witnessed was a trend that degenerated gradually to social conflicts, political instability, economic crises and general stagnation in the development process. Several formulas and solutions have been tried and adopted in an attempt to solve these problems, but one solution after the other results equally to one problem or the other. Thirty-eight years after independence, the situation remains unpredictable even after the old brigade of rulers have left the stage.

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