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Title:Terrorism and the Nigerian federation: the challenges of disintegration in the Fourth Republic
Author:Omitola, BolajiISNI
Year:2012
Periodical:African Security Review (ISSN 2154-0128)
Volume:21
Issue:4
Pages:4-16
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:terrorism
federalism
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10246029.2012.712048
Abstract:The incessant bomb attacks by the Niger Delta militants and Boko Haram elements among other popular movements, against the people and government targets, have unmistakably put Nigeria on the global terrorist nations map. The grievances of these groups which are political, economic and religious may not be unconnected from the design and operation of the federation; this paper thus examines the constitutional provisions, and political and economic attributes, of the Nigerian federation in the Fourth Republic with a view to discovering why a mechanism put in place with the objective of achieving interethnic unity, democratic stability and socio-economic development has worked to enthrone crisis, violence and disintegrative tendencies in the country. This paper argues that the current reign of terror is a manifestation of a more serious de-linkage and inconsonance between the state and the people, with popular movements providing an alternative platform for spaces, voices and benefits from the streets and away from the state. The paper concludes that the hope for federal renewal lies in the ability of the current handlers of the Nigerian statecraft to marry decentralist constitutional reforms with an agenda for mass-based socio-economic development of the country. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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