Benue State University, Makurdi

EFFECT OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY ON THE SOCIOECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN NORTH EAST -NIGERIA

Nicholas Ajegba Abakpa

Abstract

The study examined the effect of Boko Haram insurgency in the North East on the socio-economic activities of Nigeria. Expost facto research design was used to establish the relationship between the variables. The study adopted secondary data covering a period of twenty years; where ten years were from 1994-2003 before the insurgency and ten years were from 2004-2013 during the insurgency. The data for this study was obtained from World Bank on agricultural value added percentage of GDP from 1994 to 2013 to determine the extent of agricultural contributions to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria. It is necessary to use this data to show the time series effect. ARIMA method of analysis was adopted Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to test the hypothesis. It was revealed that the sects’ activities in the North East significantly affected the socioeconomic activities. The general conclusion was that Boko Haram insurgency in the North East affected socio-economic activities of Nigeria. This study recommended that the federal government should embrace negotiation with the group since are ready to dialogue with the federal government, but this can only be actual if the rebel group within the government cycle, which are ready to sabotage the strategy, are fished out, dislodged and prosecuted accordingly.

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