ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF INSURGENCY ON COMMUNITY LIFE IN NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF INSURGENCY ON COMMUNITY LIFE IN NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA
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2017-11
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MAMMAN, Fatima Shem
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This study assessed the influence of insurgency on community life in North-East, Nigeria. The study was necessitated by the increasing insurgency rate which threatens the lives of the people in the communities with unpredictable violent attacks in North-East, Nigeria. The study has five (5) objectives, five (5) research questions and five (5) null hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was used to carry out the research study. From a population of eighteen million, nine seventy one thousand, nine hundred and sixty five (18,971,965) thousand and a sample of three hundred and eighty four (384) was drawn using multi-stage sampling technique. An adopted questionnaire was employed to obtain data for the study. Three hundred and eighty four (384) questionnaires were distributed and successfully completed and used for the study. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics, mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions. Analysis of Variance was used to test null hypothesis one(1), while multi- regression statistical tools were used to test null hypotheses 11, 111,1V and V at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings reveal among others, revealed that insurgency has significant influence on community life in North-East, Nigeria. It was recommended that economic opportunities be made available to the grass root by creating power and/energy to propel economic investments in the interior villages to empower youths, thus bringing relief to the communities.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEGREE IN HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS,
(CONSUMER SCIENCE EDUCATION)
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
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ASSESSMENT,, INFLUENCE,, INSURGENCY,, COMMUNITY LIFE,, NORTH-EAST,, NIGERIA