National Development

NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

National development refers to the ability of a country or countries to improve the social welfare of the people, for example, by providing social amenities like good education, infrastructure, medical care, social services, etc.

Scope of national development

Broadly, development of the nation encapsulates such parameters as:

1. Education      

2. Political Development

3. Moral Development

4. Cultural Development                                    

5. Religious Development

6. Economical Development

7. Technological Development

Problems of National Development

1. Caste system/class system: this has segregated the society due to the continual suppression of the socially neglected caste by the upper/ruling caste. This situation becomes a problem for national development as the upper castes by their actions have ruined the sense of ‘we’ feeling and unity in the country.

2. Communalism: Political manipulation has projected one religion or ethnic group against the other which resulted in communal riot, bloodbath, mutual distrust and disintegration of the country. It is very difficult to promote national development under these situations.

3. Linguistic Fanaticism: There is conflict and riots on the language issue in Nigeria in recent times. People of one language try to establish their language over others. This is a barrier to national development.

4. Regionalism: Each region differs from the other in one way or other which leads to disintegration of the country. People of one region compete with the person of other regions which results to conflict of interests, Land dispute, language problem, etc. are some of the factors which pose hurdle on the way of national development.

5. Social Disparity: Social disparity among the people of different communities, castes sometimes even within the community causes tension and imbalance among the people. Social disparity poses great challenge to national development.

6. Economic Inequalities: Economic standard of people in a state depends on the fertility of land, resources available and manpower management. All the states are not equal in the above factors which leads to economic backwardness of some of the communities.

Role of Education in National Development.

Education is the most powerful force in promoting national development in the following ways:

1. It ensures human rights development

2. It promotes emotional integration.

3. It ensures technological advancements.

4. It promotes technical education.

5. Education fosters positive attitude.

6. Education guarantees employment opportunities.

7. Education helps to remove illiteracy in the nation.

8. It strengthens democratic principles.

9. It ensures application of knowledge of knowledge.

Ways Through Which Democracy Can Contribute to National Development.

1. It engenders peace and security

2. It promotes rule of law and constitutionalism.

3. It facilitates effective participation of citizens in governance.

4. It promotes political stability.

5. It promotes poverty alleviation.

6. It prevents arbitrariness in governance.

7. It ensures equity, justice and fair play.

8. It leads to employment generation.

Ways in Which Corruption Has Retarded the Development of the Nigerian State

1. It increases crime rate in the society which makes the environment unconducive for national development.

2. It creates bad image for the country.

3. It promotes materialistic tendencies among citizens and erodes other core positive values of the nation.

4. It erodes national consciousness, pride and sense of commitment to national course.

5. Nepotism/favoritism becomes the norm in the society.

6. It leads to political instability which can result to military intervention and underdevelopment.

7. It deepens the poverty level of the citizens/country.

8. It leads to inflation of prices of goods and services.

9. It affects the availability of jobs/ causes unemployment.

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As you can see from above National development is the ability of a country to improve in the welfare of its people. Every citizen contributes to the social welfare of their country so if you do not do what you are supposed to do as a citizen you will see your country backsliding. Like Comment Subscribe.