Asu Ugama Anoke
Post Graduate Student Department of Political Science Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. &
Igwe Eugene Nwigwe
Department of History Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Abstract.
This paper looks at the challenges militating against the effective role of traditional authorities in conflict
resolution in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The paper sees political interference,
corruption, Christianity, and modernization to have posed a great threat to the role of traditional authorities in conflict resolution in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The study adopts an experimental survey design with structural functionalism as the theoretical framework of analysis. Content and descriptive technologies are the methods of data analysis. Data collection was made up of both primary and secondary sources which after careful study, it was discovered that corruption, political interference, Christianity, civilization, poverty, and illiteracy are factors responsible for the failure of traditional authorities in effective conflict resolution in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The paper recommends among others. Independence of traditional authorities, sack, and jail term for traditional rulers found corrupt or living below expectations.
Keywords: Traditional Authority, Conflict Resolution.
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