TERRORISM, BOKO HARAM AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT OF BORNO STATE

Abstract

The study examined the effects of Boko Haram terrorist activities on the socio-economic and political development of Borno State. The study adopted frustration aggression theory propounded by Dollard et al (1939). The sample size of the study was 389. The researcher administered 389 questionnaires and 389 copies were returned. Structured questionnaire instrument was used for data collection and frequency distribution table with simple percentage method were used to analyze the data collected. Also statistical chi-square (0.05) was applied in the empirical testing of the hypotheses that guided the study. All the tested hypotheses were significant, showing that terrorism has affected the socio-economic and political development of Borno State. The researchers made the following findings; the activities of Boko Haram in the Borno State hampered economic development in the area. The activities of Boko Haram in Borno State have also crumbled political development of the area. The activities of Boko Haram also affected in a negative way the social development of Borno State. The study recommends the provision of job opportunity for the young ones: Unemployment is the primary target of every sensible nation's economic policy, but our policy makers seem quite content trumpeting our jobless growth. Nationally, at least one in every five able-bodied Nigerians willing and able to work has no job. There should be public enlightenment so that terrorist will realized that they are agent of economic destruction. Laws that create financing of terrorism (FT) offenses should be enacted and freezing, seizure, and confiscation of the proceeds of crime and terrorist funding should be done.