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SUMMARY
Against the backdrop of the renewed Biafra separatist agitations in the Southeast geopolitical of Nigeria, which currently pose the most formidable threat to the corporate existence of Nigeria as a political entity, this study explored the linkages between political governance and deteriorating material conditions of people on the one hand, and the rising wave of separatist agitations on the other.
The study found marginalization and systematic “minoritization” of the Igbo domiciled in the Southeast geopolitical zone to have been elevated to an official state policy. Nonetheless, the study argues that while certain actions, inactions and policies of the Nigerian government, which are perceived to be targeted against the Igbos, have created the feelings of collective victimhood among the people, and which are often exploited to mobilize the people for separatist agitations, the failure of governance at various levels has produced a disconnect between the masses and the government.
