An Impact Assessment of Insecurity on Nigeria’s Socio-political Development
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Date
2024-11-05
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Jigawa Journal of Politics (JJP)
Abstract
The seemingly unabating wave of security challenges in Nigeria has taken its toll on the
nation’s socio political and economic trajectory. The state was ordinarily created to ensure
law and orderliness has been handicapped in the face of the waves of insecurity. The
emergent scenario presents a contagious spread across the country. This paper assessed the impact
of the increasing nature and patterns of insecurity in Nigeria by examining the trend of the
spread and mutation of insecurity across the country. Therefore, the qualitative research method
and the state fragility theory were employed to show the relationship between the nature of the
state and the waves of insecurity. The paper identified lack of human capital development,
economic downturn, fragile security architecture, growing political imbalance amongst the ethnic
groups are some of the causes of the rising waves of insecurity. The paper concluded that the waves
of insecurity is further exacerbated by unpatriotic elements seeking to criminalize and use
insecurity as a medium for either gaining attention, profiteering or destruction. The paper
therefore recommends that the growing uneven development and marginalization of some ethnic
group must be tackled by the proper application of the federal character principles.