Description
ABSTRACT
This research work attempt to examine the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria
and how it undermines socio-political development, with Niger State
being our case study.
The work has five chapters, each chapter structured in analyzing the
Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and how it affects the socio-political
development of Nigeria. To do this, the researcher developed twelve
(12) questions, these questions were administered in form of
questionnaires to 400 people who were selected as a sample of the
population primary and secondary data were used as a source of data
while tables and percentages were used in organizing and presenting
the data collected. The data analysis revealed that Boko Haram crisis
has created so many backwardness, hatred, national disintegration and
lack of unity in Nigeria. The researcher therefore recommended that for
Boko Haram crisis to be prevented, the government should take
adequate measures to shut down any training terrorist camps operated
by the Boko Haram sect. Then, the nation will start experiencing peace,
oneness, security, national unity, development and progress for the
betterment of all Nigerians.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Approval page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Abstract vi
Table of Contents vii
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the study 1
1.2 Statement of the problem 5
1.3 Objective of the study 6
1.4 Significance of the study 7
1.5 Research question 7
1.6 Scope and limitation of the study 8
1.7 Operational definition of terms/Concept 9
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
The meaning and history of Boko Haram 11
The belief of Boko Haram faithful 14
The achievement of Mohammed Yusuf as
Boko Haram leader 15
The arrest, death and consequences of
Mohammed Yusuf‟s death 17
Factor that led to the Boko Haram Menace 18
The effects of Boko Haram activities to the nation 23
Government efforts towards resolving the
Boko Haram Menace 36
Theoretical framework 48
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
Research design and method 52
Sources of data 53
Primary source of data 53
Secondary source of data 54
Area of the study 54
Population of the study 55
Sampling technique 57
Sample size 57
Instrumentation 60
Validity of the instrument 61
Reliability of the study 63
Data collection 64
Instrument rate return (IRR) 65
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
Data presentation and analysis 69
Data interpretation 70
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMEDATION AND CONCLUSION
Summary of findings 82
Conclusions 84
Recommendations 85
Bibliography 91
Appendix 95
Questionnaires 96
THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(A CASE STUDY OF IHITTE/UBOMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, IMO STATE).
BY
OMEIHE UDOCHI
PA/2008/196
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
CARITAS UNIVERSITY, AMORJI-NIKE
EMENE
ENUGU STATE
AUGUST, 2012
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Over the years, Nigeria has experienced series of attacks and
blast in most region of the country. The violent agitation by Militants in
the Niger Delta region (MEND) has often led to loss of lives and
properties otherwise known as “Movement for Emancipation of Niger
Delta. So many spirited groups hide under this body to carry out their
nefarious acts of rebellion govern the Nigerian state to express their
governances over the degradations of the operation of the multinational
organization.
Similarly, there are groups that exist in other parts of the country
and they include; the “Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) which is located in
the South-West. They are often called the Afeinifere group. There exists
also the “Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra
(MASSOB), in the South-East while the „Boko Haram‟ uses the
Northern part of the country as their operational base.
This research study will critically scrutinize and evaluate the
activities of the latter amongst the above mentioned political and or.
religious sects, because that is the thrust of this research. It can be
deduced that socio-political development are instrumental to the
incessant crisis that has bedeviled our beloved country „Nigeria‟
today. People are said to be poor when they experience lack of
sufficient income to purchase material needs which often excludes
individuals from partaking in generally accepted activities of daily life in
the society at large. According to ALI MAZRUI in his „Paradox of
Retardation‟, Africa is not the poorest of the regions of the world but
it is the most retarded. He argued that Africans are richly endowed; as
such they have no reason to be poor.
In spite the fact that June 10, 2006 marked 50 years of oil
exploration and production, and over & 400 billion accrued to the
Nigerian state in terms of revenue, Nigeria is still referred to as one of
the poorest and developing countries in the world.
Boko Haram as the name denotes, does not have one particular
meaning. The name more or less connotes different meanings to
different people. The group is a Nigerian Islamic group that seeks the
imposition of Sharia Law throughout the whole of Nigeria. Figuratively
members of this group believe that “Western education is a sin”.
Presently, the group has an undefined structure and chain of command.
It is of a paramount importance to note that the official name of the
group is „Jama‟ atu Ahlis Sunna, Lidda‟ await Wal-Jihad‟, which
means or rather is tantamount to “People committed to the propagation
of the prophet‟s teaching and Jihad”.
Since its formation in 2002 in Maiduguri by the leader of the
group Mohammed Yusuf, the Boko Haram has been a thorn in the flesh
of Nigeria‟s security agencies, precisely the police force, over its
opposition to western education that it believes is a sin. In the year
2004, the Islamic fundamentalist group relocated its base to Kanamma,
Yobe State. The new location was named “Afghanistan”, and from
there, the group set about attacking and leaving members of the
Nigerian Police Lifeless.