CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Agba, Arumun Solomon
Department of Sociology
University of Mkar, Nigeria.
ABSTRACT
This paper dwells on culture and development in Nigeria. It focuses essentially on non-material cultural traits, which pertains to values, norms, beliefs, etc, in various societal systems such as: political, economic, religious and the social value-system, that are inimical to development strides in Nigeria. Structural Functionalism has been adopted as the theoretical instrument for its analysis. The paper establishes that culture is the spring-board from which virtually all development policies in almost all societal systems emerge. It thus, recommend that greater attention be paid to the Theatre for Development, which serves as an avenue for exploring the numerous Nigerian cultures for a culturally based development and media campaigns should be promoted for the restoration, preservation and improvement on positive Nigerian cultural values. This, the paper conclude, as the obligation of all Nigerians.