INSECURITY IN NIGERIA
TOPIC: INSECURITY POVERTY AND INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA: THE BOKO HARAM CHALLENGE.
ABSTRACT:
This paper aims to study the insecurity in Nigeria which is widely caused by Islamic sects known as Boko Haram in Nigeria and its effects on security. This paper will also find if there is a connection between poverty and Insurgency that has led to a great unrest in Nigeria, the aim of writing is to evaluate if poverty can lead to insecurity and Insurgency.
Introduction
Nigeria a country in the western part of Africa, a country that is blessed both in human and material resources has of recent been plagued with a serious problem of “insecurity” which is gradually becoming a serious threat to its sovereignty and existence as a state.
Thus many pundits are meant to believe that the current state of insecurity in Nigeria has a connection with the crises of poverty currently facing the country as it were. Thus it is on this note that this term paper will try to study the causal relationship between poverty and insecurity and relating this pandemic with the Boko-Haram sect in Nigeria as its case study.
Conceptualizing the Boko- Haram Insurgency:
Walker, (2012), sees “Boko Haram as an Islamic sect that believes northern politics has been seized by a group of corrupt, false Muslims. It wants to wage a war against them, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria generally, to create a “pure” Islamic state ruled by sharia law”. While Marchal, (2012), provided us with four analysis and interpretations to the “Boko-Haram question” in Nigeria in which he noted that “Boko Haram has to be understood in four different ways that draw different recommendations on the way to tackle the problems it presents. Firstly, it refers to the long history of the region and the recurrence of radical Islamic movements. Secondly, Boko Haram has deep roots in the social and
ABSTRACT:
This paper aims to study the insecurity in Nigeria which is widely caused by Islamic sects known as Boko Haram in Nigeria and its effects on security. This paper will also find if there is a connection between poverty and Insurgency that has led to a great unrest in Nigeria, the aim of writing is to evaluate if poverty can lead to insecurity and Insurgency.
Introduction
Nigeria a country in the western part of Africa, a country that is blessed both in human and material resources has of recent been plagued with a serious problem of “insecurity” which is gradually becoming a serious threat to its sovereignty and existence as a state.
Thus many pundits are meant to believe that the current state of insecurity in Nigeria has a connection with the crises of poverty currently facing the country as it were. Thus it is on this note that this term paper will try to study the causal relationship between poverty and insecurity and relating this pandemic with the Boko-Haram sect in Nigeria as its case study.
Conceptualizing the Boko- Haram Insurgency:
Walker, (2012), sees “Boko Haram as an Islamic sect that believes northern politics has been seized by a group of corrupt, false Muslims. It wants to wage a war against them, and the Federal Republic of Nigeria generally, to create a “pure” Islamic state ruled by sharia law”. While Marchal, (2012), provided us with four analysis and interpretations to the “Boko-Haram question” in Nigeria in which he noted that “Boko Haram has to be understood in four different ways that draw different recommendations on the way to tackle the problems it presents. Firstly, it refers to the long history of the region and the recurrence of radical Islamic movements. Secondly, Boko Haram has deep roots in the social and
References: Andrew Walker, (2012), What is Boko-Haram? , United States Institute of Peace, Special Report, culled from http://www.usip.org/files/resources/sr308.pdf/ Abubakar, (2012), Rethinking Sovereignty: Identity Politics, Citizenship and Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa. Roland Marchal, (2012), Boko-Haram and the resilience of Militant Islam in Northern Nigeria, Norwegian Peace Building Resource Centre, June, 2012 Report. (NOREF). Aigbokan, (2000), Poverty, Growth and Inequality in Nigeria: A Case Study, available at: http:www.unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/IDEP/UNPAN003895.pdf accessed: 08/12/2013.