Abstract
The sustainability of a political system depends on a complex of interactions and relationships of its components. The components and the structures of the system do not only help in boundary-maintenance but contribute to its development. This is applicable in Nigeria as the country is currently facing security challenges. In every geo-political zone in the country, security challenges abound; militancy in the Niger Delta, kidnapping in the South East, ritual killing in the South West and insurgency in the North. This demands that all hands must be on deck to curtail the challenges. It is consequent upon this that the authors examined the role of the educators, parents and students in the face of security challenges in Nigeria. Secondary source of data collection was adopted as our methodology. Through this method, explanatory and deductive analysis was made. The authors, therefore, submitted that what is needed mostly at this stage in our national life is less of talk, more of actions. All stakeholders should begin to act. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p385
Highlights
To state that Nigeria is going through an era of unusual security challenges is to state the obvious
The picture security challenges in Nigeria seems to be painting is that the nation is under siege and that the security agencies no longer have the capacity to deal with the rising insecurity in the land
This would, impact on the general human security of the people as the situation promotes fear, while at the same time limiting the peoples' ability to develop economically (Adejumobi, 2011:2). This pitiable level of insecurity in the country calls for everyone to be alert and play his/her roles in ensuring the sanctity of human life. This will lead to addressing the roles that the educators, parents and students can play in the addressing security challenges in Nigeria
Summary
To state that Nigeria is going through an era of unusual security challenges is to state the obvious. While politicallymotivated assassinations are not somewhat new, Nigeria began to experience an unprecedented security challenge starting from the Niger Delta in the mid 1990s and in the Northern part of the country Be that as it may, it is imperative to quickly make some clarifications about what this paper is trying to address. The picture security challenges (especially with the spate of killings and bombings cum suicide massacres by the members of Boko Haram) in Nigeria seems to be painting is that the nation is under siege and that the security agencies no longer have the capacity to deal with the rising insecurity in the land.
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