Effect of Security Challenges on Development Programmes in Nigeria, 2015-2019

Authors

  • Ndaliman Hassan Alhaji Department of Political Science, Federal University Kashere, Gombe State
  • Ibrahim Salihu Department of Political Science, Federal University Kashere, Gombe State

Keywords:

Security, Challenges, Development, effect, programmes

Abstract

Nigeria has in recent time experienced an upsurge of security challenges that threatens its national security and endangers the implementation of crucial development programmes. Conflicts and social unrest of different dimensions have beclouded the nation such as Boko Haram, banditry, kidnapping and farmer-herder clash among others. This study examines the effect of these security challenges on development programmes in Nigeria from 2015 to 2019. The theory adopted for this study is Frustration-Aggression Theory put forward by Gurr (1970), it states that marginalisation and socio-economic disparities in the society generates conflict. Qualitative data and content analysis is the methodology for the paper. The findings of the paper revealed that enormous resources that could have been used for funding basic needs of the people are diverted to contain security challenges in many states in Nigeria. So also, projects and programmes about to be executed or under construction are abandoned in states like Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Taraba, Plateau, Niger Delta among others due to skirmishes and sporadic attacks by groups, and military action in such volatile zones. The paper recommends that the federal, state and local governments should evolve mechanisms to address the grievances of aggrieved groups through inclusion and social justice. So also, groups and sections of the nation with grudges should attempt to adopt diplomatic means to solve their problems rather than resort to aggression.

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Published

2020-06-30

How to Cite

Alhaji, N. H., & Salihu, I. . (2020). Effect of Security Challenges on Development Programmes in Nigeria, 2015-2019 . International Journal of Intellectual Discourse, 3(1). Retrieved from https://ijidjournal.org/index.php/ijid/article/view/780

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