Abstract
Kidnapping is a serious injustice to the human race as a result of its impact on the society. Once seen as a foreign problem, kidnapping today has spread across every part of the country threatening its national peace and development. In recent times, there has been an upsurge in the abduction of the girl-child and the recent abduction of school girls in Dapchi in Yobe state clearly comes to mind. This paper therefore seeks to critically analyze the impact kidnapping has on the education of the girl-child in Nigeria. It highlights the importance of the girl-child in national development and establishes that kidnapping can be as a result of agitation, financial or terroristic intent and the resultant impact it has on the emotional state of the girl-child while concluding that Nigerians educational system has seriously been impacted by kidnapping activities particularly in the northern parts of Nigeria. It recommends a number of solutions which include that; stiffer penalties should be imposed on kidnappers, the government should adopt poverty alleviation and empowerment programmes aimed at creating avenues for entrepreneurship, non-governmental bodies in partnership with the government should organize sensitization programmes aimed at discouraging kidnapping and highlighting the impact kidnapping has on victims, Security agencies should be adequately funded and equipped to continue the fight to rid Nigeria of terrorist elements, legislations that aim to empower and encourage gender equity in the Nigerian society should be introduced to encourage the enrolment of the girl-child in schools.
Highlights
The Nigerian state today is currently riddled with endemic corruption, terrorism, ritualism, extra judicial killings, kidnapping, religious and electoral violence across the nation
Deaths from extra judicial killings, religious, terrorist related activities and ritualism have become a frequent aspect of the news on most Nigerian news channels and one of the disturbing plagues currently challenging the Nigerian state is kidnapping and ransome seeking
The importance of Girl-child education lies in the proposition that women are foundation of any society
Summary
The Nigerian state today is currently riddled with endemic corruption, terrorism, ritualism, extra judicial killings, kidnapping, religious and electoral violence across the nation. This paper seeks to critically analyze the kidnapping of girls in Nigeria and its impact on girl-child education. According to a former Inspector General of Police in Nigeria, an estimated 100 million USD was paid as ransom to abductors between 2006 and 2009 (Ene, 2018) showing a worrisome rise in the level of kidnapping in the country.
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