The Dominant Class And The State In Nigeria: A Confederacy Of Profligacy

Abstract

The Nigerian state has been persistently referred to as an alien state by all and sundry not because its operators are aliens or non Nigerians. Far from that, it is so because of the modus operand of those Nigerians assigned the duty of superintending over their lives using the institutions of this state. This state having entangled itself with the dominant exploiter class in Nigeria and indeed elsewhere to the detriment of the masses has elicited reactions leading to the quest for a re-definition of its functions. This state having acquired new characteristics in the interest of the exploiter class has attracted the interests of analysts who have in reaction substituted its conceptualization through papers such as this to that of being an entity in a confederacy of profligacy with the dominant exploiter class in Nigeria to expropriate the Nation’s wealth. This paper has therefore given detail to the dimensions of the dialectical materialist processes evolved by this state through its alliance with the exploiter class to expropriate the people. It was established through this paper that based on deliberate class characterization of Nigerians this state and its allies have perpetuated corruption and underdevelopment as well as other social ills among Nigerians leading to contentions among the citizens for its repositioning. On this basis far reaching recommendations were made as solutions to the ills so far occasioned by the present conditions of the Nigerian state.