EFFECTS OF POGROM ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF THE 4ᵀᴴ REPUBLIC

Abstract

This paper examined the effect of pogrom on Nigeria’s economic and social development with particular mention of the 4ᵗʰ republic. The history of modern Nigerian State between 1960 till date is characterized by violent and bloody conflicts such as the political crisis of the First Republic, the Nigerian civil war, the ethno-religious violence of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The Niger-Delta crisis, the Boko-Haram insurgency and the armed herdsmen menace. All these antecedents have tremendous adverse effects on the nation’s social, political and economic development with attendant consequences and costs on the art of governance in the nation and on other African countries. It is against the aforementioned concerns that this article isolated and examined the consequences of the activities of Boko-Haram insurgency and armed herdsmen in Nigeria. The paper adopted a multi-disciplinary approach and analyzed the effects of the two phenomena on the Nigerian people and the government. The paper established the fact that Boko-Haram insurgency and armed herdsmen attacks in Nigeria have led to social, political and economic instability, not only on the Northern region, but Nigeria as a whole. The paper concluded that Nigeria is a failed state since Nigerians die every day like chickens. The paper, therefore, recommended a robust security network to completely neutralize the activities of non-state actors in Nigeria so as to curtail the level of massacre in the country.