The Effect Of Terrorism In Developing Countries: It’s Significance To Development And Progress (A Case Study Of Nigeria)

The Effect Of Terrorism In Developing Countries: It’s Significance To Development And Progress (A Case Study Of Nigeria)

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine the effect of terrorism in developing countries it’s significance to development and progress a case study of Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined the effect of terrorism on the profitable development of Nigeria. The study also examine the conditioning of the terrorist groups in Nigeria from 2012 to 2021.

identify the factors that led to the emergence of the Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria 2012 to 2021. incipiently, the study probe how terrorism has affected the development and progress of Nigeria. The study employed the literal exploration design. Primary and secondary accoutrements were used for the study. The findings revealed that the effect of terrorism is on the direct profitable destruction, the increased query in the request, long term habitual pain is also an fate of terrorism also, sensitive disturbance is an recrimination of terrorist conditioning, destruction of lives and property is also an recrimination of terrorist conditioning. likewise, terrorism thrives because it’s financed by those who have access to public finances. And it also gets foreign support occasionally in the name of oil painting, religion or race. All of these felonious attributes give terrorism intimidating worldwide recognition. At present, Nigeria is facing the ruinous experience of the Islamic side, Boko Haram, substantially in the northeastern part of the country. The study thereby recommend that to quell the raging conflagration of terror acts in Nigeria, the job falls on the table of not only the government, but also other stakeholders whose interests in the durability of the Nigerian design could be damaged if the polity is overrun by terror gangs whatever their names or raisonsd’être. Also, the transnational community, faith associations, civil society, business community and others have to conflate their places in order to annihilate or checkmate terrorism in Nigeria and produce the demanded breath for artificial development to be. Incipiently, the Nigerian government should invest heavily in copping or erecting of security drone which will be used to descry any terrorist exertion.

Chapter One

Preface

Background To The Study

Terrorism and insurrection is encyclopedically getting a ménage word as there’s no nation that’s fully acquitted from its effect. This is the reason why Rourke( 2015) observes that war, terrorism and other forms of international political violence are in numerous ways more threatening moment than ever ahead as mercenary casualty has been on increase. It’s still delicate to evolve a single description for the term “ terrorism ”. The difficulty emanates from the lack of agreement or unified perspective among nations or scholars as to what could be regarded as terrorist act. Hence, terrorism has been described similarly as both a tactic and strategy; a crime and a holy duty; a justified response to oppression and unwarrantable abomination since it’s a function of whose point of view is being represented.

Indeed, the worldwide incarnation of terrorism and insurrection has been apparent in Africa, but also in Nigeria. With particular reference to Nigeria, the miracle has set up expression in the emergence of Boko Haram insurrection( 2001- date). Since its arrival, the insular insurrection has wrecked immense annihilation in the country, especially by “ using snares and arms with horrible, fatal ” consequences( Awake, 2016).

The intimidating position of terrorists attacks in different corridor of the country, leaving unpalatable consequences for the nation’s frugality and its growth. To address the trouble to public security and combat the adding swells of crime the civil government of Nigeria in the 2013 budget made a huge allocation to security, and the public assembly passed theAnti-Terrorism Act in 2011( Ewetan, 2018). Despite these sweats, the position of terrorism and instability in the country is still high, and a evidence of this is the low ranking of Nigeria in the Global Peace Index( GPI, 2015). Despite the plethora of security measures taken to address the daunting challenges of terrorism and instability in Nigeria, government sweats haven’t produced the asked positive result. This has impelled the Nigerian government in recent time to request for foreign backing from countries similar as USA, Israel, and EU countries to combat the rising swells of terrorism and instability. Amidst the deteriorating security situation in the country, Nigeria is also brazened with daunting experimental challenges which pose serious trouble to socio- profitable development. These experimental challenges include aboriginal pastoral and civic poverty, high rate of severance, enervating youth severance, low artificial affair, unstable and deteriorating exchange rate, high affectation rate, shy physical and social structure, veritably large domestic debt, and rising stock of external debt( Ewetan, 2018)

Some scholars in conceptualizing security placed emphasis on the absence of pitfalls to peace, stability, public cohesion, political and socio- profitable objects of a country( Igbuzor, 2015; Oche, 2016; Nwanegbo and Odigbo, 2017). therefore there’s a general agreement in the contemporary literature that security is vital for public cohesion, peace and sustainable development. It’s thus apparent that public security is a desideratum, sine qua non for profitable growth and development of any country( Oche, 2016). The areas affected by the Boko Haram insurrection have been devoid of nearly all profitable conditioning. In the intelligence community there’s a agreement that security isn’t the absence of pitfalls or security issues, but the actuality of a robust medium to respond proactively to the challenges posed by these pitfalls with wisdom, moxie, and in real time.

Political, profitable and social instability of a country encompasses all development pretensions and issues being the root of the issue and the result. Addressing issues of terrorism is pivotal in order to execute successful development systems. As a thing, it believed that every country should aspire to reach a point of security by guarding its citizens from structural violence, crime, and social instability. Indeed, without the safety of citizens, all plans for development, whether profitable, political or social, will fail. Terrorism is a miracle that’s plague Borno State and it affects programs and development. Any nation seeking towards development must reduce the frequence of crime to the barest minimum.

Statement Of The Problem

The emergence of Boko Haram insurrection has introduced a terrorist dimension, heretofore unknown, into the felonious space in Nigeria. Series of bombings have been carried out by the side, as well as taking hostage of innocent citizens. Indeed the United Nations Building in Abuja wasn’t spared in the bombing spree( Ewetan, 2018). In rich as well as poor countries, terrorism exerts a heavy risk on public husbandry. It’s ineluctable that the profitable impact of terrorism would be more felt in simpleminded mono-artistic low- income husbandry than they would be felt in largely advanced, diversified artificial husbandry( Ewetan, 2018). thus, the uninterrupted rise in terrorism conditioning in the country, if not checked, may affect in lesser investor apathy for the country and performing in low flux of Foreign Direct Investment( FDI), and would make institutional investors look for other stable husbandry to invest their plutocrat. On the state of the country, when people feel insecure, their appetite to invest, to buy or rent from the product of investment reduces; and that’s why all over the world, any country that radiates an terrain of instability naturally repels investment enterprise from both the transnational community and its own original investors. Hence, terrorism is a trouble to the profitable, political and social security of a nation and a major factor associated with underdevelopment; because it discourages both original and foreign investments, reduces the quality of life, destroys mortal and social capital, damages relationship between citizens and the countries, therefore undermining republic, rule of law and the capability of the country to promote development( Adebayo, 2015). still, the experimenter is assaying the effect of terrorism in developing countries it’s significance to development and progress.

Objects Of The Study

The following are the objects of this study

To examine the effect of terrorism on the profitable development of Nigeria 2012 to 2021.

To examine the conditioning of the terrorist groups in Nigeria from 2012 to 2021.

To identify the factors that led to the emergence of the terrorist group in Nigeria.

To probe how terrorism has affected the development and progress of Nigeria

Exploration Questions

What’s the effect of terrorism on the profitable development of Nigeria?

What’s the conditioning of the terrorist groups in Nigeria?

What are the factors that led to the emergence of the terrorist group in Nigeria?

How has terrorism has affected the development and progress of Nigeria

thesis

HO Terrorism doesn’t affect profitable development and progress in Nigeria

HA Terrorism does affect profitable development and progress in Nigeria