POVERTY AND CONFLICTS IN KADUNA STATE: A STUDY OF ZANGO KATAF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA (1987-2011)
POVERTY AND CONFLICTS IN KADUNA STATE: A STUDY OF ZANGO KATAF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA (1987-2011)
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2015-07
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IBRAHIM, YUSUF
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Kaduna State generally has been plagued by escalating conflicts which several scholars have attributed their causes to communal, poverty, ethnicity, religion, economic and or political. Issues that do not warrant people engaging in senseless killings and destruction of life and property have emerged with devastating consequences. This study examines whether poverty is the main causes of conflicts witnessed in Zango Kataf Local Government area over time. The quantitative research design, which made use of survey method, was employed to accomplish the purpose of the study. A structured interview and Focus Group Discussion were also used to obtain data for the study from respondents drawn from five electoral wards out of a total of eleven through a stratified and purposive sampling procedure. Result obtained from the study revealed there is pervasive poverty in Zango Kataf Local Government and that poverty causes conflicts. That the political elites manipulate these poor people and escalates most conflicts. The study therefore recommended that poverty must be addressed first as a human security measure in order to prevent, reduce and or solve the problem of elite manipulation of the people. Similarly, that conflict in Zango Kataf Local Government can be reduced drastically through good governance and justice from the part of political leaders to all the people irrespective of tribe, religion or creed. The government at the Local and State level should create employment opportunities for the bulk unemployed youths, human capital development, adequate infrastructural development, and that the people of Zango Kataf Local Government must unite under a single purpose to face their leaders headlong and vote out corrupt political leaders. They should also insist that corrupt political leaders are tried in a competent court of law.
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE,
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA.
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POVERTY,, CONFLICTS,, KADUNA STATE,, A STUDY,, ZANGO KATAF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,, (1987-2011)