THE RELEVANCE OF CHARLES TAYLOR’S IDEA OF POLITICAL RECOGNITION AND THE QUEST FOR POLITICAL RECOGNITION AMONG THE MAGUZAWA PEOPLE OF KADUNA STATE

The existence of the Nigerian constitution dated right from the late 1940s or the colonial era to the present day constitution has not approved the claims of single group domination of the others. This is to say that the current Nigerian political government uses a claim of political recognition of single ethnic or political party group dominating the top public offices which are meant to be equally considered among the capable citizens irrespective of their region or tribe. The claim that Nigeria belongs to a set or particular group of people. Now, there is the high rate of corruption, insecurity, injustice, imbalance, and instability, or in other word oppression and marginalization to mention but few challenges roaming within the country and which causes tension, killing, kidnapping and banditry acts without been questioned or stopped. Therefore, to tackle and eradicate such problem of recognition of a single group, the political system has to view the constitutional position on political participation and the exercisement and division of public offices among every qualify citizen who seem fit for the office. As such the aim of this study is to explore the relevance of Charles Taylor’s idea of political recognition and how it can be relevance in the contemporary political societies more particularly among the Maguzawa people. Using the expository method, the study discovers that Charles Taylor’s idea of political recognition is very apt and relevance in addressing the political injustice surrounding society, most especially among the Maguzawa people of Kaduna state.