INSECURITY IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA: EXPLORING THE ROOT CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS

Authors

  • Jamilu Abdulhamid Bello Department of Sociology, Kano State College of Education and Preliminary Studies, Kano Author
  • Abdullahi Ahmad Department of Sociology, Kano State College of Education and Preliminary Studies, Kano Author
  • Danladi Baba Dara Dara Department of Sociology, Kano State College of Education and Preliminary Studies, Kano Author
  • Nasiru Abdu Bala Department of Sociology, Kano State College of Education and Preliminary Studies, Kano Author
  • Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad Department of Sociology, RMK CAS Tudun Wada Author

Keywords:

Nigeria, Security, Insecurity, Causes, Solution

Abstract

Insecurity remains one of the most significant challenges facing contemporary Nigeria, 
affecting its growth and development. Nigeria is currently inflated in security crisis 
which has turn into an unending challenge, not only by defying security procedures but 
making scorn of the efforts of the law enforcement agents and the millions of naira annually 
budgeted by the government as security votes. This paper examines the root causes of 
insecurity in Nigeria and solutions to it. The finding revealed that the causes of insecurity 
are the menace of unemployment and poverty, elite exploitation of ethnicity and religious 
differences, corruption, weak security apparatus, porous border, marginalization and 
inequality in the country, and bad governance and poor leadership. The solution range  
from opposing the aforementioned causes of insecurity in this paper. 

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Published

2025-01-13

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2024): FUDMA International Journal of Social Sciences

Section

Articles