NIGERIA AND AFRICA'S SECURITY IN THE 21 ST CENTURY
NIGERIA AND AFRICA'S SECURITY IN THE 21 ST CENTURY
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2007-04
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GAMBO, AUDU, N.
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The paper contends that Africa's security in the 21st century is
fundamentally non-military in nature. The repeated failure of
African states to construct a stable, legitimate and
developmental state has widened and deepened their
vulnerability to non-military threats such as environmental
degradation and pollution, crippling poverty, pandemic HIV and
AIDS, perennial internal conflict, widespread corruption,
incessant political instability and a host of others. This failure to
transform the illegitimate and anti-developmental state
bequeathed to the continent by the colonialists is substantially
adduced to bad governance, which has remained the enduring
characteristic of most African states. Although Nigeria is still in
the throes of democratization, it is reasoned that the huge
resources of the country, coupled with her enhanced diplomatic
profile on the world scene raises considerable hope in terms of
reversing the ugly situation on the continent.
Nigeria's democratization project, if successfully executed, could
boost her international image and make her a critical continental
actor and catalyst for the painstaking reconstruction of African
state that is stable, legitimate and developmental, suitable for
tackling the preceding challenges of security in Africa.
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THE NIGERIAN JOURNAL OF
ADMINISTRATIVE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF JOS. JOS-NIGERIA. audugmb@yahoo.com