KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

ABSTRACT

This study examined the implications and challenges of kidnapping for national security. The objective of the study was to among other things identify, the causes of kidnapping in Nigeria as well as its implications for the national security and the strategies to curb it. The studies discuss varying views on the concept of kidnapping and national security. Kidnapping started in Nigeria as a result of the agitations in Niger Delta to get the attention of the Government and the International Communities Concerning their plight        The methodology involved the analysis of data from both primary and secondary sources. The study was limited to the Niger Delta and South Eastern state of the Country. The research questions were answered after the analysis of the Data. The study identified political, social and economic implications of military for National Security. The study also brought to the fore the salient point that bad political leadership, poverty and unemployment  are some of the factors that have encouraged kidnapping in Nigeria. The study apart from identifying the implications of kidnapping for national security, it also proffered some solutions. One of which is the Government should address the problems of poverty and unemployment in the country.

TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                             

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW                                                PAGE(S)

GENERAL………………………..………………………       11 – 12

CONCEPT OF PROCUREMENT…….……………….       12 – 13

CONCEPT OF CENTRALISED PROCUREMENT….       13 – 14

DETERMINANTS OF EQUIPMENT

PROCUREMENT…………………………………………     14 – 15

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CENTRALISED

PROCUREMENT SYSTEM AND THE ARMED

FORCES…………………………………………………..     15  – 16

SUMMARY………………………………………………..     16 – 17

ENDNOTES………………………………………………      18 – 19

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY                            PAGE(S)

RESEARCH DESIGN…………………………………..       20 – 21

SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES…………..      21

INSTRUMENT OF DATA COLLECTION………………     21 – 22

POPULATION……………………………………………..    22

VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENT………………………..    22 – 23

METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION……….……………    23

METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS…………………………    23 – 24

WEAKNESS OF THE METHODOLOGY……………….    24

SUMMARY…………………………………………………    24 – 25

KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY