Boko-Haram Insurgence: Implications on Women and Children in the North-east, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines Boko-Haram insurgence and implications on women and children in the North-east, Nigeria. Since the last few years, the Northeast has witnessed intensification of tension resulting from activities of insurgent groups. The consequential loss of lives in the insurgency has increased on daily basis. Apart from the colossal loss of lives, frustration of the inhabitants including women and children who have been displaced. The study adopted secondary source of data collection. The findings of the study show that women and children have experienced their fair share of effects of the insurgency ravaging the north-eastern part of the country. Some have been abducted, forcefully recruited, and internally displaced; many have been killed, while others have sought refuge in neighboring countries. The study concluded that issues of Boko Haram in North-east Nigeria have been caused by governance failure which is indexed by the inability of government to provide the basic needs of its citizens which include job creation, health care services, education, maintenance of the rule of law and non the least security. Based on the findings, the study recommends that national security should be treated with all sense of commitments by all and sundry and to encourage all hands to support the fight against the insurgent activities of Boko Haram.