Liberalism in Nigeria

[1][2] Liberalism has taken a foothold in Nigeria and the embrace of liberal democratic principle as the rubric of a new political, social and economic ideology has been a boon to political participation and wealth creation in the country, albeit with the increasing accumulation of this wealth at the very top.

[4] Nigeria's political history was dominated by conservative, ethno-nationalist, religio-nationalist or military entities.

Furthermore, the liberal contingent is much more represented in non-political civil rights activism and advocacy organizations in Nigeria.

Such organizations and their members have been subjected to both state-sanctioned, clerically-sanctioned and non-official persecutions throughout Nigeria's history.

Nigerian economic development has swung from adopting strong doses of statism to sprinkles of liberalism.