Governance Terrorism and Security Challenges in the North-Easthern Nigeria
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2015-04
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY, OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO
Abstract
It is apparent that the campaign of terror unleashed by the members of the Boko-Haram terrorist organization has defied all solutions. Although there are a number of theoretical and empirical studies on the pervasive problem of terrorism in Nigeria, most recent studies have not specifically and adequately examined the possible connection between the components of good governance and terrorism in Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this paper examined the nexus between the elements of good governance and domestic terrorism in North-eastern Nigeria; thereby injecting new insights into the on-going academic and intellectual discourses on the terrorism in Nigeria. In achieving this, relevant literatures were reviewed and secondary data were sourced. The problem of insurgency was situated within the theoretical framework of Strategic Choice and Political Process. The paper found that the failure of Nigerian government in addressing the problems of youth unemployment, poverty, illiteracy and socio-economic inequality, particularly in the North-eastern Nigeria, provided a fertile ground for the development of religious fundamentalism, which has led to Islamic insurgency in the region. Against this backdrop this paper recommended that good governance through massive initiation and implementation of poverty alleviation programme in the region; pursuance of sound educational policy aimed at bridging the gap between North and South; and intensive campaign against political corruption that has become endemic among the Northern political elites. Also, ideological orientation and re-orientation should be widely embarked upon in order to change the rigid and extreme religious ideology.
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Governance, Insecurity, Terrorism, Ideology