Abstract
The effort by the government to eradicate insurgency has been slow and costly in terms of public funds spent, lives and properties lost. This has made the citizenry to question the efficacy of the methodology adopted by the government to wipe out the menace. It is against this backdrop that this paper uses the documentary research method to examine the reason why the government is unable to contain the threat of insurgency in Nigeria. In the review, it was discovered that government’s agencies’ opportunistic behavior accounts for the poor performance of the government to wipe outinsurgency in Nigeria. To effectively manage the situation this paper recommends that the government should mitigate the corruptionentrenched in her security agencies,enhance the capabilities of her security agencies by providing them appropriate working tools, engender participatory governance, stimulate inclusive economic development that will reduce poverty. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n1s1p145
Highlights
Insurgency and its associated insecurity trouble is a global problem that has continued to challenge state authority today.Some countries have been able,independently;to effectively quell such uprising others are still grappling with the problem of how best to handle it.The inability of most countries to handle the situation effectively hasin part exacerbated social disorder in those countries.Conflictis the outcome of perceived irreconcilable opposing interest, concerns, needs and positions between individuals, groups, organization/institutions and societies that have interacted whether in ad-hoc or permanent relations.It is aggravated by the desire of one group to attain its selfish interest (Nnamdi 2005 cited in Akume 2011:4) over those of the other groups.Conflictas anevident character of social interactionscould be functional or dysfunctional
Nigeria is crises prone, the post-2009 Boko-Haram aggression represents a whole new dimension toviolent crisis Nigeria has experienced in the past.The range of narratives that have grown around the group’s origins, motivations, and future plans remains a matter of debate(Shuriye and Huud 2013:107)but the reality of their destructive force was not in doubt owing to the havoc ithas unleashed onthe northeast,on the federal capital, Abuja,thepersistent violent attacks on communities, government institutions, the United Nations building, and churches (Shuriye and Huud 2013:107)
In a bid to curtail the wantondestruction of lives and properties orchestrated by the group,the government had sought to eliminate the challenge with little impact just as the activity of the group has continued unabated.The question that thispaper seeks to answer is why was the government unable to stamp-outthe Boko-Haramchallenge in Nigeria from during this period? Arising from this question the objective of this paper is to examine the main reason that have undermine the government effectively mitigating the insurgency question in Nigeria
Summary
Insurgency and its associated insecurity trouble is a global problem that has continued to challenge state authority today.Some countries have been able,independently;to effectively quell such uprising others are still grappling with the problem of how best to handle it.The inability of most countries to handle the situation effectively hasin part exacerbated social disorder in those countries.Conflictis the outcome of perceived irreconcilable opposing interest, concerns, needs and positions between individuals, groups, organization/institutions and societies that have interacted whether in ad-hoc or permanent relations.It is aggravated by the desire of one group to attain its selfish interest (Nnamdi 2005 cited in Akume 2011:4) over those of the other groups.Conflictas anevident character of social interactionscould be functional or dysfunctional. Factors that accountsfor conflicts in societyaccording to Amusan and Jegede (2012:78-80) are poverty, migration, resources, and domination. Theelements that fuel such disagreement are inequalities,exclusion and bad governance; these are prevalent in most developing societies and Nigeria is not an exception. Nigeria is crises prone, the post-2009 Boko-Haram aggression represents a whole new dimension toviolent crisis Nigeria has experienced in the past.The range of narratives that have grown around the group’s origins, motivations, and future plans remains a matter of debate(Shuriye and Huud 2013:107)but the reality of their destructive force was not in doubt owing to the havoc ithas unleashed onthe northeast,on the federal capital, Abuja,thepersistent violent attacks on communities, government institutions, the United Nations building, and churches (Shuriye and Huud 2013:107)
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