One of the
reason why industrial revolution started
in Britain is that Britain was able to
have a stable political system before most other nations. Stability connotes
progress because progress is not a concomitant of chaos and instability. A
harmonious atmosphere is definitely more
conducive to progress since the creative
nature of man is more easily harnessed
in such a situation. At least experience shows that a man who is
constantly form by strife, internal and external, is not the
best suited for experimentation and invention. In like manner a country
that is constantly torn by strife cannot be expected to
perform wonders, development wise.
For one thing, there is always a feeling of insecurity in such a place,
investors are scared away, and people because they are not sure of what
happens next, will rather chose to enjoy
in the immediate instead of postponing it with
the hope of a greater tomorrow . This to a great extent accounts
for the slow progress in west Africa where political instability is rife
. we hear of coups and counter coups. Not openly this, a
country like Nigeria has just
come out of a civil war and the present
situation does not give much hope that
there will not be a repeat performance even in the immediate future
despite the hard lessons that appear to
have been learnt
The
situation in the country is not
rally a happy one even though
one may look at it as a transitory stage in both the political and economic
development of the country creative minds are needed to formulated new political structures that will
usher in a new atmosphere that can guarantee continued progress in the
country