Abstract:
There is growing recognition that peace and security are fundamental for socio-political and
economic development of any country in the world. Yet Violent conflicts, whether social, political,
or environmental, has significantly contributed to the crisis of sustainable development and
security challenges in terms of loss of human and material resources. This paper has therefore,
examined the nature of peace, security and sustainable development in Nigeria. The study adopts
a combination of theories like; the clash of civilization theory, the frustration-aggression theory,
state fragility and failed state theory. Qualitative method, such as textbooks, journal articles,
internet, among others was used as sources of data collection. The work was descriptively analyzed
through the content of the information gathered. The paper explores various dimensions of the
social, political, economic and other conditions that have over the years affected the indices for
measuring peace, security and sustainable development in Nigeria. Consequently, the paper
revealed some of the symptoms that have truncated the “God given” peace, security and
sustainable development in Nigeria, which includes; corruption, unemployment, Weak
institutional system, structural imbalance, human trafficking, bad leadership, among others. The
paper concluded with some useful policies recommendations regarding the way forward therein
and most importantly, called for the need by the Nigeria government to learn from history, as
attempts been made to tackle the challenges currently upsetting the attainment of sustainable
peace, security and development in the country. |
