Publication Date: 2023/07/06
Abstract: Nigeria insecurity has taken an ugly dimension recently to the extent that nobody is safe in the country anymore. Data collected for this study (from 2012 to 2021) which were from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) annual report 2021, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) annual report 2021, World Bank (WB) annual report 2021, Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) annual report 2021 and other relevant ministries, departments and agencies (MDA’s) revealed that causes of insecurity in Nigeria which include Unemployment, Poverty, Kidnapping, Terrorism, Violence (Political and economic based), Bribery and Corruption, Ethno-religious conflicts/communal clash, Python dance/Extrajudicial killing, Organized criminal act and Assassination are seriously affecting the nation both in national development and growth. In this paper, we shall get the determinant of causes of insecurity in Nigeria from 2012 to 2021 and recommend that the Nigeria government should pay much attention on poverty and unemployment as they are on the peak and many Nigerians are unemployed and are dying of hunger.
Keywords: Unknown Gun Men, Insecurity, Development and Determinant.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8118740
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT23JUN1329.pdf
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