State Failure And Terrorism: Thoughts on Nigeria’s Festering BOKO Haram Crisis
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Nigeria has been enmeshed ultimately in the aspiration towards wrenching itself from economic debacle with which it is now more identified than its prospects. Energy is being dissipated to develop institutions and structures with the capacity to ensure economic growth, equitable distribution of national wealth, political stability and accountability. The attainment of those aspirations requires reduction of threats, actual and potential, that are capable of generating insecurity. The Boko Haram crisis thus set the country on retrogressive rather than progressive match toward achieving improved standard of living. To combat the Boko Haram menace, in view of theoretical leaning that blames uprising against government on internal configuration of the society, thereby emphasising the physical aspect of such uprising, the Nigerian Government is bent on crushing out the group through superior military might as it did during the 1967-1970 civil war. This paper argues that, no doubt, Nigeria’s socio-economic configuration is capable of engendering terrorism, Boko Haram is not a formation as vanguard of the people. It examines the activities of the Boko Haram group vis-à-vis the social conflict theory and the theory of fundamentalism and reached the conclusion that war against Boko Haram is more a war of the mind than a physical war and to be sure of total victory over the group, government must engage in that war from fundamentalist perspective.
Authors and Affiliations
Godwin C. Malasowe
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP183924
- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v6-i2/2027
- Views 97
- Downloads 0
Financing Kolej Universiti INSANIAH Using the Concept of Cash Waqf: The Way Forward
Kolej Universiti INSANIAH, which is classified as a private higher learning institution has had to depend mainly on student fees and Kedah state’s assistance as its sources of revenue to finance its operating and develop...
Effects of Traditional Games on Age Equivalent Scores of Locomotor and Manipulative Skills among Early Stage School Children
Purpose: The development of gross motor skills are fundamental to advanced movements and specific skills in sports. Gross motor skills development that are in line with chronological age allows children to master locomot...
Outdoor Adventure Tourism: Exploring the Spiritual Dimension of Wellness
This study explored the spiritual dimension of wellness within the context of outdoor adventure tourism. Specifically, it analyzed the definition of the term spiritual as it was understood by participants of outdoor adve...
A Critical Assessment of Z.A Bhutto’s Policies (1973–1977)
When Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto ascended to power in Pakistan, the country was in its critical phase of economic deterioration. He, in fact, had to face multidimensional challenges from all directions simultaneously. An extreme...
The Source of Al-Hadiths in Tafsir Nur al-Ihsan: An Intertextuality Study
Tafsir Nur al-Ihsan is the second interpretation after Tarjuman al-Mustafid written in the Malay language in the 19th century AD by Omar (1970). The main objective of this study is to identify the influence of the exter...