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 ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 1
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 2
1.3 RESEARCH AIM 4
1.4 RESEARCH AND OBJECTIVES 4
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 5
1.7 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 6
1.8 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 6
1.8.1 THEORY OF HUMAN SECURITY 6
1.8.2 POVERTY BREEDS CONFLICT HYPOTHESIS 8
1.9 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY 10
1.10 DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS 10
1.11 RESEARCH OUTLINE 11
CHAPTER TWO 12
LITERATURE REVIEW 12
2.1 INTRODUCTION 12
2.2 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW 12
2.3 REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF BOKO HARAM TERRORISM 13
CHAPTER THREE 27
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 27
3.1 INTRODUCTION 27
3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN 27
3.3 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION 27
3.4 POPULATION OF THE STUDY 28
3.5 SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUE 28
3.6 INSTRUMENTS FOR DATA COLLECTION 28
3.7 PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION. 28
3.8 DATA ANALYSIS PROCEDURE 29
CHAPTER FOUR 31
RESULTS ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS 31
4.1 SOCIO DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS 31
4.1.1 DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER 31
4.1.2 LEVEL OF EDUCATION 31
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 FINDINGS 37
CHAPTER FIVE 40
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 40
5.1 SUMMARY 40
5.2 CONCLUSION 40
5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 42
BIBLIOGRAPHY 43
