Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria

Insecurity in Northern Nigeria has become hydra-headed and wide spreadas it protracts. With Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, Armed Banditry in the North West and Pastoralists’Militias in North Central notwithstanding the inundated ethno-religious violent conflict in the region, an appreciab...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Achus Jah, Yunusa Abare Kallah, Tanko Shawulu Paul
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Language:English
Published: Federal University Wukari 2022-12-01
Series:International Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/64
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description Insecurity in Northern Nigeria has become hydra-headed and wide spreadas it protracts. With Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, Armed Banditry in the North West and Pastoralists’Militias in North Central notwithstanding the inundated ethno-religious violent conflict in the region, an appreciable part of the population is currently displaced thereby needing prompt humanitarian intervention. The state responds and reacts by establishment of institutional frameworks (Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, National Emergency Management Agency, North East Development Commission, State Emergency Management Agency and Military Operations) to rid the region of insecurity. Theinsecurity has caused humanitarian and complex emergencies (deaths, loss of property, internally displacement, hunger, healthcare challenges, immobility and palpable fear and anxiety to the dweller of affected areas). The methodology leverages content analysis from secondary sources. The study adopts the theory of State Failure as humanitarian intervention is a duty of the state but the Nigeria state lags. It recommends that IDPs in North Central and West should be resettled, Development Commission for North Central and West be established, more funding for Military Operations(Armed Humanitarian Intervention). It concludes that humanitarian intervention is an obligation of the state to the citizens and a justified cause.
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spelling doaj-art-439f1be2adc44159985a617ee910a7f42025-02-10T10:01:26ZengFederal University WukariInternational Studies Journal2756-46492022-12-0162Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern NigeriaEmmanuel Achus Jah0Yunusa Abare Kallah1Tanko Shawulu Paul2Nigerian Army University BiuFederal University Kashere, Gombe StateNigerian Army University Biu Insecurity in Northern Nigeria has become hydra-headed and wide spreadas it protracts. With Boko Haram insurgency in the North East, Armed Banditry in the North West and Pastoralists’Militias in North Central notwithstanding the inundated ethno-religious violent conflict in the region, an appreciable part of the population is currently displaced thereby needing prompt humanitarian intervention. The state responds and reacts by establishment of institutional frameworks (Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, National Emergency Management Agency, North East Development Commission, State Emergency Management Agency and Military Operations) to rid the region of insecurity. Theinsecurity has caused humanitarian and complex emergencies (deaths, loss of property, internally displacement, hunger, healthcare challenges, immobility and palpable fear and anxiety to the dweller of affected areas). The methodology leverages content analysis from secondary sources. The study adopts the theory of State Failure as humanitarian intervention is a duty of the state but the Nigeria state lags. It recommends that IDPs in North Central and West should be resettled, Development Commission for North Central and West be established, more funding for Military Operations(Armed Humanitarian Intervention). It concludes that humanitarian intervention is an obligation of the state to the citizens and a justified cause. https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/64InsecurityInternally Displaced PersonsHumanitarian InterventionState
spellingShingle Emmanuel Achus Jah
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Tanko Shawulu Paul
Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria
International Studies Journal
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Internally Displaced Persons
Humanitarian Intervention
State
title Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria
title_full Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria
title_fullStr Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria
title_short Insecurity and the State’s Humanitarian Intervention in Northern Nigeria
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topic Insecurity
Internally Displaced Persons
Humanitarian Intervention
State
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