Agitations for restructuring in ancient Israel and the current Nigerian experience

Abstract

The issue of ‗restructuring‘ has no doubt become a recurrent one in Nigeria with agitators spanning through the entire country.  According to the social movement theory by which a large number of people are mobilized to work together to deal with a social  problem, calls for restructuring could be variously motivated. This study investigated the ancient Israel‘s record of agitation for  restructuring found in 1 Kings 12:12-16. The goal was to examine useful lessons for Nigeria‘s leaders of thought in the face of the  prevailing agitations for restructuring in the country. The study adopted the qualitative research method featuring historicalgrammatical  exegesis. Data were sourced from both primary and secondary sources, and discussed. Findings included that restructuring is innate to  all political systems, and that call for restructuring arises when the rules that govern the inter-relationship between the components of a  structure become broken or no longer sufficient to guarantee the expected outcome; to ensure they all work together seamlessly to  achieve a common purpose or a given output that is threatened. The research also revealed that revolution can trail calls for restructuring, if there is negligence, with tragic consequences. The study therefore calls on Nigeria‘s rulers to be more sensitive and  proactive in handling the present agitations in the country.