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Title: | Terrorism and governance crisis: the Boko Haram experience in Nigeria |
Author: | Okoro, Efehi Raymond |
Year: | 2014 |
Periodical: | African Journal on Conflict Resolution (ISSN 1562-6997) |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 103-127 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | Islamic movements terrorism governance |
External link: | https://www.accord.org.za/ajcr-issues/%ef%bf%bcterrorism-and-governance-crisis/ |
Abstract: | Terrorist acts by Boko Haram have attracted enormous scholarly attention in recent years. A majority of the studies have implicated Islam in the emergence and dynamics of the uprising. In contrast to this popular view, this article argues that, despite the strategic role played by Islamic religion in the uprising, terrorism and its security threats in northern Nigeria are more a product of a governance crisis including pervasive corruption, growing youth unemployment and poverty. It further argues that if good governance concurrently with development is not employed as a remedial strategy, the Nigerian State will further create a much more enabling environment for the growth of resistance from below. Thus, it concludes that good governance and credible leadership practices are antidotes to terrorism in Nigeria. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |