<![CDATA[The Richards constitution of 1946 remains a watershed in the annals of Nigeria’s political development. It was that constitution that split Nigeria into three regions and inadvertently, injected regionalism and ethnicism into Nigerian politics. The formation in 1951 of both Action Group and the Northern People’s Congress polarized Nigerian nationalism along ethnic, regional, and even religious lines. Adopting the qualitative research methodology of content analysis, this paper observed that party politics in Nigeria has not succeeded in any appreciable degree, in engendering national integration, nation-building, and national development since 1999 which is Nigeria’s forth attempt at democratic governance. A number of factors were identified as stumbling blocks in this regard. The conclusion was that though political parties are expected to provide a forum for articulating programmes meant to be inclusive and encourage national integration, political contestations in Nigeria has remained fainted with ethnic, regional and religious particularisms. This was especially so between 2015 and 2023.]]>
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