Browsing by Author "Issah, M"

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    Functional national security
    (Department of Sociology, College of Developmental Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria, 2014) Issah, M; Olatunji, A.G.,; Yusuf, M.S.
    socio-economic development for many nations, especially in the 21" century. Specifically, government officials policy makers in Nigeria, like in many other countries, see industrialisation as providing the However, the Nigerian state is a period of unprecedented security challenges which are unabatedly truncating efforts towar attainment of sustainable industrial development. Kidnapping and hostage taking in the Souis and Southeast which has now spread everywhere; NURTW crisis in the Southwest and the Haram insurgency in Northern Nigeria have inextricably created new challenges in the na security environment. All these are taking place against a background of the inability of see personnel to effectively handle the current spate of insecurity. This chapter seeks to explo nexus between national security and sustainable industrial development in Nigeria. Environne security and composite approach models of security were applied. The chapter concludes security is not an end in itself, but a critical means to the realisation of industrial developmes Nigeria. In order to salvage the country from industrial retrogressiveness, this chapter recomm that governments at all levels should be more sophisticated and proactive in managing our sear challenges and measures should be put in place to address this fundamental problem on a sustami basis. Equally, fighting poverty, reducing unemployment, eradicating corruption and effective leader are critical for addressing security challenges in the country.
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    Neighbourhood pattern and incidence of crime: a comparative study of GRA and Kuntu areas of Ilorin
    (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Benin., 2017-06) Yusuf, M.S.,; Abdulhameed, A; Issah, M
    Abstract It has been observed that physical deterioration and social disorganization of neighbourhoods have links with the dramatic increase in the incidence of crimes. In view of this, a comparative study of incidence of crime in two neighbourhoods (Kuntu and GRA) in Ilorin, Kwara State was carried out. The target populations are the residents of the two areas. A total of two hundred and fourty (n=240) respondents were purposively selected from the two neighbourhoods (one hundred and twenty from each neighbourhood). Questionnaires were administered to the respondents in their respective residential areds. Out of the two hundred and fourty questionnaires that were administered, two hundred and twenty-five were completed and returned and good for analysis. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentile and mean score methods. The percentile method was used to analyze the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents in the two neighbourhoods; and the mean score method was used to compare the incidence of crime in the two neighbourhoods. The results revealed that the incidence of crime in Kuntu neighbourhood is higher, while the incidence of crime is lower in GRA neighbourhood.. Based on this conclusion, it was recommended that structural planning of deteriorated neighbourhoods and mproving socio-economic conditions of the residents of unplanned neighbourhoods would go a long way in reducing the incidence of crime in llorin metropolis.