The Impact Of Boko Haram Insurgency On Socio-Economic Activities In Nigeria (Study Borno State)

ABSTRACT

The study compacts with the impact of boko haram insurgency in Nigeria, study of Borno State. The study proceeded with the objectives i.e. to investigate the implications of the Boko Haram insurgency on socioeconomic activities in the state. For this study, the use of primary data was applied to get first-hand information from residents of the state and the method of data collection as the questionnaire. Statistical tools were used to analyze the data collected part of which include frequency and percentages. Socioeconomic activities are the dependent variable while Boko Haram insurgency is the independent variable in this study. The result of the findings answers the first hypothesis to show that the government has responded positively in tackling the negative effects of Boko Haram insurgency on socioeconomic activities beyond 60% and also shows from tables 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8 that the government’s response has positively impacted the socioeconomic activities in the state by 85% with significant collaboration on the hand of civil society /NGO at 57%. The socioeconomic activities respond positively to combined efforts from stakeholders which then responds favorably development of Borno state. The negative impact of the Boko Haram insurgency on socioeconomic activities has more implications on education as depicted by 27.5% of the responses. This was reported to have critically brought a downturn in general performance of the educational institutions. Government must collaborate with stakeholders such that include traditional leaders, civil society organizations and NGOs to act proactively in mitigating the effects of the Boko Haram insurgency on socioeconomic activities in the state. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE1

INTRODUCTION1

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY1

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM2

1.3 RESEARCH AIM4

1.4 RESEARCH AND OBJECTIVES4

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS5

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY5

1.7 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS6

1.8THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK6

1.8.1THEORY OF HUMAN SECURITY6

1.8.2POVERTY BREEDS CONFLICT HYPOTHESIS8

1.9 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY10

1.10 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS10

1.11 RESEARCH OUTLINE11

CHAPTER TWO12

LITERATURE REVIEW12

2.1 INTRODUCTION12

2.2 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW12

2.3 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BOKO HARAM TERRORISM13

CHAPTER THREE27

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY27

3.1 INTRODUCTION27

3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN27

3.3 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION27

3.4 POPULATION OF THE STUDY28

3.5 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE28

3.6 INSTRUMENTS FOR DATA COLLECTION28

3.7 PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION.28

3.8 DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURE29

CHAPTER FOUR31

RESULTS ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS31

4.1 SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS31

4.1.1 DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER31

4.1.2 LEVEL OF EDUCATION31

4.2 THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY.32

4.3 DISTRIBUTION BASED ON THE NATURE OF THE EFFECT OF THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY.32

4.5 DISTRIBUTION BASED ON MOST AFFECTED ASPECTS.33

4.6 DISTRIBUTION BASED ON MOST AFFECTED SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECT.34

4.5 DISTRIBUTION BASED ON THE BODIES THAT PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN TACKLING THE SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE INSURGENCY.34

4.6 DISTRIBUTION BASED ON PERCEPTION ON WHETHER OR NOT GOVERNMENT IS DOING ENOUGH TO TACKLE THE SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE INSURGENCY.35

4.7 MOST COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS IN TACKLING THE SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE INSURGENCY ALONGSIDE THE GOVERNMENT.36

4.10. SUGGEST FREELY WHAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE DONE TO ADDRESS THE SOCIOECONOMIC EFFECTS OF THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY IN BORNO STATE.36

4.8 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS37

CHAPTER FIVE40

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS40

5.1 SUMMARY40

5.2 CONCLUSION40

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS42

BIBLIOGRAPHY43