Analysis of Development Prospect and Security Crisis in Nigeria
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2023-06
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Elucidating development and security crisis in Sub-Sahara Africa with a bird eye view on Nigeria has
been an issue worthy of consideration. This result from conflicts, insurgencies, and internal wars that
characterise Nigeria as well as Post-Colonial African States. The study investigate development
prospect and security crisis in Nigeria. The research paper affirms that the prevailing security
challenges confronting the Nigerian state are structurally entrenched and deeply rooted in development
crises. This vacuum has led to societal maladies such as economic disparities, ethno-religious divides,
inequality, unemployment, poverty, and marginalisation, to mention a few thus, transcending into a
national security problem, which now seems to threaten the unity of the State. Adopting the methodology
of qualitative approach with the use of secondary data and content analysis, the research adopts the
Political Instability Theory in analysing development prospect and security crises in Nigeria. The study
finds that institutional corruption, economic disparities, ethno-religious divide are some of the factors
enhancing development and security crises in Nigeria. The study concludes that the problems of
development and security crises will persist in Nigeria so far security problems are treated differently
from developmental challenges. The research paper recommends the tackling the problem of
unemployment in Nigeria, collaboration with the international community as a means of litigating
development problems and security crises in the Nigerian state.
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Volume 8 (No. 2)