EFFECT OF ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CONFLICT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN KADUNA STATE (A STUDY OF ZANGON KATAF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE)

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2015-08
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UMAR, Mohammad Mustapha
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The series of ethnic and religious conflict in Kaduna State necessitated the research topic “Effect of ethno-religious conflict on the development of Local Government in Kaduna State with the aim and objective to examine the effect of ethnic and religious conflict; and to find out how these conflicts at the Local Government level can be abated against continuous occurrence. Both the primary and secondary sources of data collections were used, while Chi-square and SPSS 13 were instruments of data analysis. The research found out that ethno-religious conflict is caused by ignorance, poverty and dearth of infrastructural facilities. Therefore it recommends that government should ensure peace and security through trainings and retraining of security personnel giving the traditional rulers and community leaders functional roles in promoting and ensuring unity and peace among the citizens. The research will be utmost importance to policy makers, researchers and students of conflict management especially at the grassroots level.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A MASTER DEGREE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE
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EFFECT,, ETHNO-RELIGIOUS CONFLICT,, DEVELOPMENT,, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,, KADUNA STATE,, STUDY,, ZANGON KATAF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA., KADUNA STATE,
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