Open AccessNIGERIA: GOOD GOVERNANCE AS A TOOL FOR COMBATING VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN POST-INSURGENCY PERIOD
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Baba
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
conflict studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2285-7605
DOI - 10.24193/csq.33.1
Subject(s) - insurgency , violent extremism , corporate governance , good governance , politics , political science , promotion (chess) , poverty , development economics , political economy , law , sociology , terrorism , economics , management
The ongoing insurgency in Nigeria`s north east region bears features of violent extremism. Though, the conflict has not ended but the role good governance is expected to play in combating violent extremism when the insurgency comes to end is very significant. This study examined good governance as a tool for combating violent extremism in post insurgency period in north east Nigeria. It was conducted with the used of both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The study found out that violent extremism in post-insurgency period in north-east Nigeria can be combated using good governance. It also recommended the promotion of good governance through the provision of employment opportunities, effective poverty reduction programs, encouraging sustainable post-insurgency peace building through multi-track diplomacies and unbiased social, economic and political rehabilitation projects. Keywords: Combating, Extremism, Good-Governance, Post-Insurgency, Tool and Violent