Politics, religion tearing Nigeria apart — API boss

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From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
Nigeria is becoming more divided than it was two decades ago, with politics, ethnicity and religion increasingly driving wedges among citizens and weakening national unity, Executive Director of the Africa Polling Institute (API), Prof. Bell Ihua, has warned.
Speaking at a capacity workshop for journalists, media practitioners and policy executives on fostering social cohesion in Abuja, Ihua said findings from the institute’s annual Social Cohesion Survey revealed a disturbing decline in trust, national identity and civic participation across the country.
According to him, political affi...