THE EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON PEACE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
THE EFFECTS OF TERRORISM ON PEACE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: Issues bothering on national security are very crucial for the material progress of any polity. This assertion is against this framework of truism that sustainable development is a function of an enabling environment. It is against this backdrop that this study examined the effects of terrorism on peace and national development in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The study employed qualitative and quantitative methods of drawing data from primary and secondary sources, reviewed existing literature from journals, online articles, and research projects. The research adopted the Frustration-Aggression theory. A cross-sectional research design was adopted and data was collected via a survey of 300 respondents in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria using non-probabilistic sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using percentages, Pearson’s Coefficient of correlation and linear regression analysis with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 23. The correlation coefficient (r) values are -0.369 and -0.353. The results showed that there is a strong negative relationship between terrorism and peace and between terrorism and national development. On the basis of these findings, the research recommended that the Nigerian government should create employment for youths, who are unemployed in the South-South geopolitical zone andshould come up with programmes that will provide infrastructural facilities and genuine women empowerment. Corrupt politicians should be punished to serve as a lesson to others who intend to loot the nation’s wealth. Government at all levels must eschew corruption in the fight against criminality, terrorism and insecurity. The democratic system in place must begin to deliver the needed social goods so as to improve the standard of living of Nigerians and deliver many citizens in the South-South geopolitical zone from absolute poverty to which they have been subjected for a long while. Government should plug all the holes through which scarce resources are being siphoned so as to free resources for national development and equipping of the military to fulfil its functions of providing peace and security to Nigerians.

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