Nigeria, the most populous country in subsaharan africa as well as the biggest economy, is facing a severe crisis in its nationbuilding process. This chapter examines the causes and consequences of terrorism in africa, and considers the extent to which existing evidence rationalizes the various explanations for it, and its implications for counterterrorism policy in africa. Since 2009 the violence the group has unleashed on the nigerian state is. An act to amend the terrorism prevention act, 2011 by providing for extraterritorial application of the act and strengthening of terrorist financing offences. This paper addresses the issue of terrorism in nigeria, particularly in connection. The nature of internal security problems in african states.
However, global issues have transcended maintenance of peace without viable economy, good governance technology. Insecurity and terrorism has been a major challenge to the nigerian government. Terrorism as a manifestation of conflict could be a historically persistent phenomena with roots in the past. This paper addresses the issue of terrorism in nigeria, particularly in connection with the boko haram islamist sect. Insurgency and national security challenges in nigeria. The fight against international terrorism demands multilevel cooperation between nations with vast experience in counter terrorism. Terrorism in its present form, is a relatively new phenomenon in nigeria, even though terrorrelated acts had occurred in the 1950s in kano and, again, in 1982 when the maitasine religious uprising was recorded. Causes and consequences of terrorism in africa oxford. Boko haram continues to drive terrorism threat in northern.
Impact of terrorism on nigerias economy chapter one introduction background of the study. Managing, rehabilitating and reintegrating terrorism offenders. Since then, nigerian citizens have been on the defensive because of the. Emergence of terrorism in nigeria and its impacts on the citizens 615 words 2 pages nigerias heterogeneity has at some point been regarded as her strength but it currently is perceived to be the crack which may cause a predicted breakdown.
Since 2009, nigeria has gradually slipped into a terrorist enclave where terror. Terrorism is an insidious act common and conducted daily over decades and has been responsible for the physical and or structural violence experienced by. Impact of terrorism on nigerias economy project topics. Nigerias battle with boko haram council on foreign. A case study of boko haram islamist sect in nigeria, international journal of management sciences, research academy of social sciences, vol.
Effects of terrorism on the international business in nigeria. The boko haram experience in nigeria african journals online. It amended the countrys first counterterrorism law, which was passed in 2011. This is against the backdrop of the rising spate of violent attacks.
Yet terrorism, its definition, causes, and methods of dealing with it, has rarely been dealt with in high school courses. The role of gis in effective control of terrorism in nigeria. This article is useful for curious knowledge seekers, researchers as well as policymakers in nigeria. The number one terrorists in nigeria are the fulanis. The objectives guide finlands activities at national and international level. Terrorism clearly has a very real and direct impact on human rights, with devastating consequences for the enjoyment of the right to life, liberty and physical integrity of victims. Growth and fiscal consequences of terrorism in nigeria 1 chuku chuku, dominic abang, and imaabasi isip jel codes. The danger of international environment pose to nigeria also fuels terrorism. Terrorism is a grave threat to any nations growth and development, as well as the welfare of its citizens. It would be recalled that in september 12, 2007, the australian government issued a travel advisory advising its citizens to reconsider their needs in travelling to nigeria at this time due to. Great powers like america, britain and russia are spreading their tentacles and ideology to entrench themselves into nigerian economy and take total control. The group aspire to establish a sharia state in nigeria and west africa, destabilise the nigerian government and remove western influence from the country.
Countering illicit arms trafficking and its links to terrorism and other serious crime. Terrorism and the dilemmas of combating the menace in. In an effort to assist teachers in helping their students identify and understand terrorism, the. Fatf report financing of recruitment for terrorist purposes. This paper interrogates the nexus between herdsmen terrorism and criminal justice and its implications for social order and development in nigeria. Nigeria has been ranked third of the 162 countries of the world that have been worst hit by terrorist attacks, according to the 2015 global terrorism index.
Oct 02, 2018 the effort to provide nigeria with a comprehensive legal framework for combating terrorism was formalized with the introduction of the terrorism prevention act on february 17, 20. Pdf terrorism today is a cankerworm that has eaten deep into the fabrics. Redefining terrorism in nigeria leadership newspaper. Combating violent conflicts and terrorism in nigeria. Pdf a historical overview of domestic terrorism in nigeria. A range of conflicting narratives has grown up around boko haram, and the groups origins, motivations, and future plans remain a matter. Recently, it has extended its ugly tentacles to nigeria, precisely.
Terrorism, as a global phenomenon, is an illwind that blows no one any good. It should be noted that several authors who focus on religiously inspired terrorism trace its incipient stages to the. Department of states anti terrorism assistance program to bolster the capacity of nigeria s law enforcement agencies also should be expanded and sustained udounwa, 20. With the level of violence caused by the syrian civil war on the wane, deaths. Groups, activities, and politics adeyemi bukola oyeniyi abstract while global attention is focused on embassy bombing, aircraft hijacking and 911 terroristsattack kind of terrorism, equally devastating terrorist activities with equally devastating. From independence to the present, nigeria aims and aspiration in its national defense policy is to maintain peace with its neighbors, security and defend its territorial integrity. The activitiesboko haram in nigeria have led to negative reactions from groups and nations that have been affected by its activities in the country thereby leading to deterioration of. The effort to provide nigeria with a comprehensive legal framework for combating terrorism was formalized with the introduction of the terrorism prevention act on february 17, 20. Federal university lafia, nigeria abstract this paper explores the humanitarian impact of terrorism in nigeria from the standpoint of boko haram insurgency. Benue state under the shadow of herdsmen terrorism. Here you will see the meaning, causes, effects and possible ways to combat it in nigeria. Recently, it has extended its ugly tentacles to nigeria, precisely after the presidential election of april, 2011. The boko haram fundamentalist islamic group is the first insurgent organization in nigeria to be classified as a terrorist organization by the united states of america and its allies. A case study of boko haram islamist sect in nigeria.
The speed with which evil is growing in nigeria and the merciless ways that lives. The boko haram bh islamic fundamentalist emerged in nigeria. Boko haram insurgency and the counterterrorism policy in. The act of terrorism and general insecurity situations in nigeria require that. The largest improvement occurred in nigeria where terrorism deaths attributed to boko haram. Pdf a historical overview of domestic terrorism in. May 11, 2018 terrorism was defined in the convention as. The available literature on the issue of terrorism with the economy in the northern and southern regions of nigeria is. The united states designated boko haram a foreign terrorist organization in late 20, but at times washington has withheld military assistance pdf out of concern over nigerias. Terrorism according to lodge is an illegitimate means of attempting to effect political change by the indiscriminate use of violence lodge 1988. Growth and fiscal consequences of terrorism in nigeria.
Posted on february 18, 2018 february 18, 2018 by admin. National security, terrorism, and development in nigeria abstract the reality of modern nigeria is the danger of disruptive centrifugal socioeconomic and political forces which have combined to produce irreconcilable contradictions of alarming proportions. Countering illicit arms trafficking and its links to. Department of states antiterrorism assistance program to bolster the capacity of nigerias law enforcement agencies also should be expanded and sustained udounwa, 20.
The strategic policies emphasise the active involvement of all actors in the prevention, detection and combatting of terrorism and in incident management. Benue state under the shadow of herdsmen terrorism 2014 2016 with update. An overview of the nigerian defense policy and the. Terrorism is an insidious act common and conducted daily over decades and has been responsible for the physical and or structural violence experienced by many people in nigeria udama, 20. This paper provides a brief analytical account of the growth, development and metamorphosis of the different terrorutilising groups in nigeria, as well as show how the nigerian state has interfaced with its citizens in a complex web of violence. The terrorism prevention act, 2011 in this act referred to as the.
The paper sought to identify the plethora of security challenges confronting nigeria with specific emphasis on the niger delta crises, kidnapping in the southeast geopolitical zone, jos crises and boko haram crises in the northern. It is no longer gainsaying that recent events in nigeria have indicated an emerging security trends in the form of terrorism and terrorist group attacks. Crisis management by the chair of the committee on development. Commencement enacted by the national assembly of the federal republic of nigeria 1. Based on these findings, the study concludes that terrorism and its challenges affect negatively the development of nigerian economy and also impacted negatively on multinational enterprises. This research work attempts to explore the impact of ongoing terrorism and violence on the economies of the aforementioned regions in nigeria. Its implication for nation building and national integration by by article pdf available december 2015 with 451 reads how we measure reads.
Both were respectively dismissed as mere violent crimes or externally sponsored extremist acts that were promptly nipped in the bud. Emergence of terrorism in nigeria and its impacts on the. An overview of the nigerian defense policy and the challenges. Measuring and understanding the impact of terrorism vision of. Implications of boko haram movement in the west africa. Nigerias battle with boko haram council on foreign relations.
It may not be surprising if any of these rivalries is financing terrorism to break nigeria for its own advantage. Its violent attacks on government offices, the united nations, and churches threaten to destabilize the country. With the principles of afrocentricism and neighborliness, it is of no doubt that nigeria detests war. According to a september 20 house of representatives homeland security committee report, the aqim boko haram collaboration is a mature relationship that allows boko haram an avenue to advance its capability, and. The boko haram terrorist group in nigeria, for example, recruits some of its members from the lower north central states of the country, far away from the conflicts in the north east where they once held control. A case study of boko haram islamist sect in nigeria christopher ndubuisi ibenwa ph d social sciences unit, school of general studies, university of nigeria, nsukka. Jul 11, 2018 boko haram continues to drive terrorism threat in northern nigeria. Boko haram continues to drive terrorism threat in northern nigeria. Some states have engaged in torture and other illtreatment to counter terrorism, while the legal and practical safeguards available to prevent torture, such as regular and independent monitoring of detention centres, have often been disregarded. Similarly, they appear to recruit from countries within the. The national counterterrorism strategy sets strategic counterterrorism objectives, policies and actions.
Hence, the gis is functionally necessary and inevitable in effective policing of terrorism in modern nigeria. Threat to the sovereignty of nigeria, international journal of management. Glamorization of fulani herdsmens criminality and its implications on national security in nigeria. They killed off all the hausa rulers and chiefs and islamized them. His publications include engendering counterterrorism in northern nigeria icct. Since 2009 the violence the group has unleashed on the nigerian state is unprecedented in the history of insurgency in the country.
The rise of terrorism in nigeria owing to the rise of islamic fundamentalism in northern nigeria has greatly washed out the countrys foreign policy drive. The threat from boko haram and ansaru the henry jackson society 7 leadership have recently surfaced. Total deaths from terrorism in nigeria fell to 1,532 in 2017, a drop of 16% from the previous year. Economics and peace with their global terrorism database gtd datasets on terrorism. Groups, activities, and politics adeyemi bukola oyeniyi abstract while global attention is focused on embassy bombing, aircraft hijacking and 911 terroristsattack kind of terrorism, equally devastating terrorist activities with equally devastating impacts are daily swept under the carpet in africa. The study equally found that terrorism in nigeria is a serious threat to national interest and foreign policy especially multinational enterprises. This paper examined the nature of internal security problems of african states using nigeria as a case study.
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