Nigeria in Search of Peace and Security: Analysis and Action

In contemporary Nigeria, the signs of a security dilemma and lack of a peaceful co-existence are there for all to see. Poverty, unemployment, abuse of power by a coterie of political, elites, unconcealed corruption, nepotism, favoritism, the ostentatious display of wealth and resource struggles, to mention just a few contributory factors responsible for lack of peace, security of insecurity and insecurity of security, are boiling over into ethnic and religious violence in various parts of the six geo-political zones of the country. Can Nigeria survive another century as a corporate entity? This paper examines the issues of peace and security in Nigeria and recommends some policy options for the country’s citizens either to live together or sink together.

Keywords: Nigeria, Peace, Security, System Survival, Corporate Entity, Peaceful Co-existence or Lack of it.