Vol. 5 No. 1 (2025): KANO JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (KaJEP)
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Counselling for National Stability and Integration in Nigeria

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  • Kabiru Bashari
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59479/jiaheri.v5i1.98
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Published 10/15/2025

Keywords

  • Counselling,
  • National Stability,
  • National Integration

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Bashari, K. . (2025). Counselling for National Stability and Integration in Nigeria. Journal of Institute of Africa Higher Education Research and Innovation (IAHERI), 5(1), 11–20. https://doi.org/10.59479/jiaheri.v5i1.98

Abstract

This paper examined counselling for National Stability and Integration in Nigeria. The paper observed the implication of counselling for National Stability and integration to Nigerian youth. Some of the concepts discussed includes, Counselling, National Stability, Causes of National Instability in Nigeria, Challenges of Instability faced by Nigerian youth, Significance of Counselling for National Stability in Nigeria, National Integration, Impact of National Integration, Counselling Implications for National Stability and Integration. Counselling helps in providing the full potentials in the area of educational, social, emotional, economic, and vocational, developments as a tool for stability and integration. It is concluded that counsellors must rise up to the challenge of nation building to build peace and national integration in state of traumatized by violent conflicts and crises. Hence national integration plays a significant role in making and keeping the history of a nation alive with sustained development. It was suggested that there is need for Seminars and workshops should to be organized by counsellors in collaboration with the government, Non-Governmental Organizations and other stakeholders in order to discuss and tackle contemporary issues on National integration and stability.

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