An Examination of the Tiv/Jukun Conflict of North Central Nigeria On Development
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Hide Sidebar level, but also not paying enough attention to the micro-level effects of development and conflictin society (Barbanti, 2004).In discussing development in conflict, some questions arise: What about situations where peacekeeping fails and conflict continues? How can development take place in chaos, wherethere is intractable conflict, where state and local institutions are absent and where conflict seemsendemic? These are similar questions that came to mind in the work of Andrews (1999), aUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) worker in Rwanda and eastern Congowho reflected on his work, the institution he worked for and the context of conflict. Andrewsworked in refugee camps, helping to establish infrastructure and basic services. As long asinternational attention focused on the region, resources flowed in from agencies and the campsfunctioned adequately to provide the basic requirements of life. Yet, the prospects for the returnof refugees to their former homes were minimal. This is a similar dilemma in the Tiv/Jukuntheatre of conflict.While some astute scholars of the development process have recently sought to remind us that“violence and prosperity” (Bates, 2000) essentially go hand in hand, the prevailing policywisdom (World Bank, 2003), continues to assert that sustained conflict in low-income countriesis primarily a product of ethnic diversity, acts of greed or grievance, weak institutions, low socialcohesion or simply poverty itself.
Background to and causes of the Tiv/Jukun Conflict
Central to the conflict is the constitutional issue of citizenship rights encapsulated in theexplosive dichotomy between “settlers” and “indigenes”. There is competition for access toresources between those that consider themselves as “indigenes” (the
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Hide Sidebar level, but also not paying enough attention to the micro-level effects of development and conflictin society (Barbanti, 2004).In discussing development in conflict, some questions arise: What about situations where peacekeeping fails and conflict continues? How can development take place in chaos, wherethere is intractable conflict, where state and local institutions are absent and where conflict seemsendemic? These are similar questions that came to mind in the work of Andrews (1999), aUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) worker in Rwanda and eastern Congowho reflected on his work, the institution he worked for and the context of conflict. Andrewsworked in refugee camps, helping to establish infrastructure and basic services. As long asinternational attention focused on the region, resources flowed in from agencies and the campsfunctioned adequately to provide the basic requirements of life. Yet, the prospects for the returnof refugees to their former homes were minimal. This is a similar dilemma in the Tiv/Jukuntheatre of conflict.While some astute scholars of the development process have recently sought to remind us that“violence and prosperity” (Bates, 2000) essentially go hand in hand, the prevailing policywisdom (World Bank, 2003), continues to assert that sustained conflict in low-income countriesis primarily a product of ethnic diversity, acts of greed or grievance, weak institutions, low socialcohesion or simply poverty itself.
Background to and causes of the Tiv/Jukun Conflict
Central to the conflict is the constitutional issue of citizenship rights encapsulated in theexplosive dichotomy between “settlers” and “indigenes”. There is competition for access toresources between those that consider themselves as “indigenes” (the
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