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The Insecurity: A Threat To National Development
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CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The effects of violence
and corruption etc, on a nation’s economy are damaging. A nation in
undated with corruption cannot be viable economically; neither can the
system generate enough support/ affection required for the survival of
democratic system. This is a situation in Nigeria where corruption has
become part and parcel of the political culture. Corruptionhas indeed
robbed Nigerians the benefit of economic development because scarce
available resources that should have been deployed to execute
development project have gone into private foreign accounts.
Corruption
is widespread in Nigeria, not because the people are different from
other parts of the world, but because the conditions are ripe for it.
There are many reasons why this is so. The motivation to earn income
from among the populace is relatively stronger; exacerbated by poverty,
unemployment and low wages. In many developing countries Nigeria
inclusive, accountability is generally weak. Political competition and
civil liberties are often restricted. Laws and principles of ethics in
governance are poorly developed and the legal institutions charged with
enforcing them are ill-prepared.147,148.
The incidence of June 2011
bombing of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters as well as September
bombing of United Nations building in Abuja has been seen by many as a
daring assault not only on the nation’s intelligence but as pointer to
the fact that no one is safe.
The general state of insecurity in
Nigeria presently lends credence to the reportthat kidnapping is an
offshoot of the Niger Delta crisis. This insurgency has thrown ahuge
cloak of insecurity not just over the entire south-south geopolitical
zone, but also thesoutheast, and southwest. Kidnapping gangs have made
the two zones their haven. Noperson is spared in this new wave of crime
that seems to have supplanted armed robberyand other non-contact crimes.
However, the security challenge this poses to the state ofNigeria is
better understood against existing evidence that even government
officials andtraditional rulers are not spared.
This has led to some
of these officials relocating their families outside the geopolitical
zone or outside the country. What the current trend of violence is
imprinting on the psyche of Nigerians is that the government security
apparatus is incapable of guaranteeing the safety and security of its
people. This would, therefore, impact on the human security of the
people as the situation promotes fear, while at the same time limiting
the peoples’ ability to develop economically. The state’s capacity to
attract investors becomes limited as a result of the insecurity.
Okolo,B. The State of Insecurity in Nigeria.
The research intends to investigate insecurity as a threat to national development.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
increase wave of violence of terrorism, insurgency, arms trafficking,
kidnappings, arm robbery, ethnic crisis etc constitute a devastating
threat to the security of lives and property of the citizenry.
This research intends to investigate insecurity as a threat to national development.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The research proffers a conceptual and theoretical investigation on insecurity a threat to national development. The study is particularly important at such a time of Nigeria’s history. The apparent challenge of insurgency, terrorism, arm trafficking, ethnic crisis, arm robbery etc constitute a great threat to security and national development. The research profers measures to mitigate and eliminate insecurity to foster national developmentThe increasing nature of insurgency, terroris ... Continue reading---
