Paper short abstract:

This paper acknowledges the various responses of CRO and HRO to crises which many times have either been effective or non-effectives. It explores ways by which CROs and HROs efforts can be complemented using methods and responses of pre-colonial societies from which Nigeria emerged.

Paper long abstract:

Nigeria's quest to achieve growth and development have often been undermined and dogged by inappropriate contractual engagement between the led and the leaders. Resulting from this is the abortion of hopes, expectations and aspirations of the led from their leaders. More than half a century after political independence from Britain and chequered transitions between military and civil regimes at different times, Nigeria is mired in different socio-political and economic crises arising largely from inept leadership and corruption. Despite these challenges, it has not always been a free reign for these difficulties. These woes have always received responses from different interest groups within the Nigerian Society. Civil Rights Organizations (CRO) and Human Rights Organizations (HRO) have always risen to the occasion to challenge these unjust directions and dangerous drifts. They have fashioned various methods of responding to the crises which many times have either been effective or non-effectives. This paper explores ways by which CROs and HROs efforts can be complemented using methods and responses of pre-colonial societies from which Nigeria emerged. This revisit is informed by the fact that the challenges of bad leadership and corruption has roots in history. Pre-modern societies at different times in their history have evolved ways of responding to similar problems. This effort wishes to benefit from the cultural responses of pre- colonial Yoruba societies to similar problems faced by Nigeria. The effort shall rely on archival sources to foreground its claims and engage in comparative studies of these responses.