The Impacts of Political Violence and Terrorism on Socio-Economic Processes, Good Governance and on Nigeria’s Foreign Policy

Abstract

This study examines the issue of separatist insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria and its impact onsocio-economic processes, good governance and on Nigeria’s foreign policy. Insurgencies createbad images for a country; leads to losses of lives and property; loss of revenue and inflow of foreigninvestments into a country. The Nigerian case has in addition to the above problems escalated
unemployment, poverty and underdeveloped the country. The study observes that the failure of thepresent administration in Nigeria to deal decisively with the menace has been seen as an indicatorof poor political leadership and absence of good governance. The paper recommends that thecountry should adopt proactive foreign policy choices and economic policies that would boost employment, reduce poverty and reduce religious intolerance, and step up collaboration with other members of the international community in tackling insecurity and insurgency in Nigeria.