BUILDING PEACE IN AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS INDUCED CRISIS LIFE IN WUKARI COMMUNITY, TARABA STATE
BUILDING PEACE IN AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS INDUCED CRISIS LIFE IN WUKARI COMMUNITY, TARABA STATE

Summary/Abstract: The focus is on building peace in an ethno-religious induced socio-economic crisis/conflicts life of Wukari community (the community where the university is located) and the impact on the university and the community (neighboring communities inclusive). The broad objective of the research is to appraise how to build peace in the context of ethno-religious induced socio-economic induced crisis in wukari. The specific objectives will include to: examine the contributory nature of ethno-religious sentiments to seeming unabating communal crises/conflicts in Wukari; investigate the short and long-term implications of the crisis/conflicts for the socio-economic development of Wukari ; determine the internal security threats vis-à-vis peace building and national security implications of the crisis; and determine the optimal policy options and tool available for building peace and managing the ethno-religious conflict in the context of developing and sustaining a vibrant socio-economic life for Wukari. Taking this into cognizance, the study will investigate the determinants, ferocity and frequency of the crisis as well as the socio-economic impact and how to turn these into peace building bridges. It will also investigate the attendant internal insecurity (socio-economic insecurity inclusive) in Wukari, the university environment that the crises have affected and the cost of building and sustaining the peace and security in the university, Wukari and neighboring communities. In this context the study will investigate the insecurity, religious harmony, and socio-economic collapse of Wukari and neighboring communities beyond the narrow definition of state centric definition of national security. This is with a view to determine the how to bring about stable ethno-religious harmony that can support sustained and productive socio-economic development and poverty eradication in Wukari and its neighboring communities (the university community inclusive). The work was be explained with the aid of Identity Negotiation Theory. Data will be analyzed using simple frequency distribution, while the secondary data will be analyzed using content analysis and regression analysis (co-integration).

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