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Governance and the Challenges of Rural Insecurity in North Central, Nigeria, 2010-2022
Abstract
This study investigated the link between governance and the challenges of rural insecurity in North
Central, Nigeria. In recent time, North Central Nigeria has witnessed unprecedented security
challenges such as communal conflicts, herder-farmer conflicts and banditry among others.
These security challenges have resulted in massive loss of lives and property worth millions of
naira. Therefore, the study examined how lack of broad-based national policy on grazing reserve
induce rural insecurity in North Central Nigeria. The study collected data from secondary source
relying on journal articles, newspapers, magazines, and books etc., observation and interview
were equally deployed and data were analyzed using content analysis. The study appropriated the
basic propositions emanating from social conflict theory. The paper revealed that lack of broad-based
national policy on grazing reserve induce rural insecurity in North Central Nigeria. Accordingly,
the study recommended a holistic national policy on grazing reserve, this will keep livestock at
bay and reduce frequent clash between herdsmen and farmers.
