EKWE JONAL

The spate of Ethnicity and actions of political leaders has become a global concern in Nigeria. These social vices have increased as preferred tactics to the politicians. Experienced showed that the just concluded 2023 general election was with abuse of electoral process. The Incumbent government refused to shift power to the opposition party, due to recurrent manipulation of election under democracy. It was obvious to people that their vote does not count. People’s vote was different from the emerged winners. This paper aims to use Chuma Okeke’s Mmadu Ka Ana-Aria to illustrate the truth through which a literary work becomes a speaking entity in the actual world . The type of research was survey. This study explores the actions of political leaders in 2023 general election, the effects of ethnicity to the governed as showcased in Mmadu Ka A na- Aria. It was recommended that ethnicity should be totally removed from Nigeria political system. Again, constitution should be amended to state a number of years that a political party should hold power in Nigeria.

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