Review of Public Administration and Management

Abstract

The Socio-Economic Implications of Book-Haram Activities in Northern Nigeria

Ovaga Okey H

Presently in Nigeria, there is a general feeling of insecurity among the Nigerian populace. The terrorizing effect of the activities of the fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram on the socio-economic condition of the northern states of Nigeria has become so devastating that some financial institutions and other business ventures have closed down in many areas, thereby causing relocation of non-indegenes to their own states. It is based on the above that this paper seeks to find out the extent the Boko Haram insurgency has affected the socioeconomic situation in the northern states of Nigeria. During the course of the study, it was discovered that the insecurity situation in the north was so tense that even the indegenes have started to send their children and wards down to the southern parts of the country for their education. At the end, the paper proffered solutions to the problem.