Insecurity and Socioeconomic Development of Women in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State

Abstract

The major concern of the paper was to assess the socio-economic implication of insecurity on women in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Specifically, the study sought to ascertain the major factors accounting for insecurity on the socio-economic activities of women, the implications of insecurity on the socio-economic activities of women, the challenges mitigating effective security and strategies that will promote effective security and promote socio-economic development of women in Wukari Local Government Area. Relevant literatures were reviewed on the major study objectives and the conflict theory was employed for analysis. A total of 375 respondents were sampled across religious, ethnic, marital and social background and investigated on the effect of insecurity on the socio-economic development of women in Wukari Local Government Area, The findings revealed the following: the study found that farmers/herders conflict has a significant influence on security of the local government area. This implies that the major factor that influences insecurity in Wukari Local Government Area is the reoccurrence of headers/farmers conflict. On the socio-economic implications of insecurity on women in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State, findings indicated that the major
socio-economic implication of insecurity on women in Wukari Local Government Area is its effect on farming activities and business activities of women in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Other findings which identify the obstacles and challenges towards ensuring security in Wukari Local Government Area were discovered to be corruption, porous borders, customs and traditions, political struggle and poor law enforcement as contributing factors.