RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF RELIGIOUS BIGOTRY IN THE NIGERIA PUBLIC SPACE

ABSTRACT

The study investigates religious tolerance and consequences of religious bigotry in the Nigerian public space. it has been observed, is increasingly on the decay. Ethics as a way of ordered living which propagates ideal communal life and human relationship is speedily waning. The aim and objective of the study includes to  ascertain the effect of religious tolerance in Nigeria public space; determine the effects of religious bigotry on security and development in Nigeria; evaluate the consequences of religious bigotry Nigeria Religion is a sensitive phenomenon and at that, if the leaders are not guided by principles of competence and equity, there is bound to be uneasy calm and crisis in the country which are in turn serious problem to the security and development of the nation. Therefore, appointments should be basically on competence and equity for proper security and development of the country. Furthermore, the rule of law should take upper place in the land. The law is respecter of no man. To that end, the leaders should not in any way treat a set of citizens as sacred that could get away with every atrocity committed. There should not be different ways of handling perpetrators of evil in the land. There should be no attempt at having citizens and subjects in the country. It is a serious issue to allow murders freedom in the society. There is right to life and as such no one should take the life of another person intentionally. Doing so must be resisted by the law of the land in the spirit of the law.  The following are the recommendation from the study It is the import of this research that the issue of religious bigotry should be addressed if the nation is to witness relative peace which would trigger security and development. Equity and fairness should be enthroned and law taken its course on anyone or group using religion as a weapon of insecurity in the nation.