ENHANCING PATRIOTISM EDUCATION FOR NATION BUILDING

Abstract

The quality of every society is largely predicated on the quality of its love and loyalty to its nation, no society builds itself above the quality of its nation. Patriotism not only helps individuals escape social vices by developing the right skills they need to improve their livelihoods but also generates productivity gains that fuel economic growth and development. It also helps one to escape all factors that fuel criminalities, bad governance, and bad followership, etc. Patriotism shall remain a basic tool for socio-economic and political transformation of any nation; which provides a significant source of commitment to the state, even if this is indirectly extended to law. This paper discusses the concept of patriotism, education, and nation building. Also in the paper are: the objectives of patriotism, qualities of a good patriot, unpatriotic acts (bribery and corruption, ethnicity, religious intolerance, poor leadership, impunity and indiscipline) that hinder the promotion of patriotism in Nigeria, the contents and goals of patriotism education, patriotism as an effective tool for nation building, and finally recommends among others that government shall ensure quality education through adequate funding and better welfare to citizens as logical avenue to infuse patriotism among the citizenry.