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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

This book is a collaborative effort of so many people. Our heartfelt

thanks to the contributors, Dauda Abubakar, Dorren Alausa, Uzochikwu
Amakom, Patrice Cailleba, Audu Gambo, Chris Kwaja, Rekhar Kumar,
Shelare Makgetlaneng, Macharia Munene, Onuykwu Onyukwu, Boniface
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for his support and encouragement through out the various stages of the
project. Our sincere gratitude also goes to the anonymous reviewers of
the manuscripts for their suggestions. Our heartfelt thanks to our editor
Ken Wells for his invaluable suggestions. Finally, we wish to extend our
appreciation to Ken Omeje’s research assistant, Solomon Kimaita, who
helped in the final cleaning up of the proofread manuscripts.

Jamila Jennifer Abubakar et al.

December 2009.

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 CONTENTS

Acknowledgment ………………………………………………………. iv

Chapter I
Conflict of Securities: Reflections on State and Human Security in Africa
Jamila Jennifer Abubakar, Kenneth Omeje &
Habu Galadima …………………………………………………….….. 1

Chapter 2
Whose Security? The Global Security Debate and the African Paradox
Kenneth Omeje…………………………………………………………. 17

Chapter 3
State and National Security: Issues of Sovereignty, Territoriality and
Governable Spaces
Audu N. Gambo and Chris M. A. Kwaja………………………………. 43

Chapter 4
Democratic Statecraft versus Political Legitimacy: The Case of Botswana
Rekha A. Kumar and Patrice Cailleba…………………………………. 53

Chapter 5
Identity Politics, Violent Conflicts and the Challenges of Human Security
in Africa
Dauda Abubakar…………………………………………………………65

Chapter 6
Historical Perspective on Security in Africa: The Refugee Problem
Macharia Muene………………………………………………………... 87

Chapter 7
State, Petro-Violence and the Dynamics of Conflict Management in the
Niger-Delta Region
Mala Mustapha………………………………………………………….113

Chapter 8
Evaluating Governance in Africa’s Oil Sector
Douglas Yates…………….......................................................................129

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Economic Growth and Insecurity in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic
Onyukwu E. Onyukwu & Uzochukwu Amakom…………………........159

Chapter 10
Food Security and Agrarian Crisis in Nigeria
B.D. Umoh…………………………………………………………... … 175

Chapter 11
GMO Politics: Implications for Africa’s Food Export Commodities
Doreen Alusa………………………………………………………... … 191

Chapter 12
The Mining Industry of the Democratic Republic of Congo: The Leading
Economic Sector for Reconstruction and Development
Sehlare Makegetlaneng………………………………………………. ... 201

Chapter 13
Political Security and Insecurity of Politics in Nigeria
Habu S. Galadima……………………………………………………… 217

Contributors’ Profiles …………………………………………………. 233

Index …………………………………………………………………………….241

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CONFLICT OF SECURITIES: REFLECTIONS ON STATE AND

HUMAN SECURITY IN AFRICA

Jamila Jennifer Abubakar, Kenneth Omeje, and

Habu Galadima

Introduction

The subject of security is a highly prominent object on the radar of

political discourses in Africa and elsewhere, and it has become even more
important in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in
New York and Washington DC. There persists in Africa, however, a
fundamental conflict between the security of the state and its governing
elites and the security of the people. For a large number of governing
elites, security appears to be about territorial sovereignty and the
protection and patrimonialization of the state largesse. For the majority of
underprivileged and middle-class Africans, security appears to be about
basic livelihoods, access to farmland, human capital improvement,
employment and wage matters, protection from violence, functional
development infrastructures (e.g., transportation networks, electricity,
clean water, and education), as well as availability and affordability of
essential services and amenities. Africa’s security contradictions and
dilemma - which also applies in varying degrees to other developing
regions - raise a number of urgent, compelling questions:

1. Whose security matters?

2. How has security been historically constructed and provided
in Africa?
3. How have those alienated from dominant security agendas
responded to their conditions of insecurity?
4. What nexus of factors and interests influence security
governance and politics in various African states and sub-
regions? Why and how?
5. What are the domestic, regional, and international
ramifications of the politics of security and the sprawling
insecurity on the African continent?

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These core questions are explored from diverse conceptual and

methodological perspectives in this book.
The focus and content of security have been seriously debated issues
in contemporary Africa. This is partly because of the profound
contradictions between human security and state/national security in
Africa and the conflict between these two security concerns, especially in
the postcolonial period. To help put the contradictions and conflict in
perspective, it is necessary to examine the nature and dynamics of
security in pre-colonial Africa.

Security in Pre-Colonial Africa

The concept and essence of security in pre-colonial Africa was holistic

in nature, interlinking the political, economic, ecological, socio-cultural,
and, perhaps most significant, religious-spiritual sphere of social life. The
holistic nature of security in pre-colonial history was part of the African
approach to reality, which considers the spiritual and physical worlds
inseparable. In traditional African religion (ATR) and cosmology, the
structural distinction between the sacred and the secular, the religious
and non-religious, as well as the spiritual and material areas of life found
in Judeo-Christian civilization is completely blurred. Ellis and Ter Haar
(2007) suggest that the so-called structural separation between the sacred
and secular is fundamentally rooted in Western epistemology and reflects
the specific historical experience of Europe, but it does not necessarily
reflect the historical experience of the rest of the world, especially Africa.
Mbiti (1969) attributes the holistic approach to reality and pre-
eminence of religious discourse in Africa to the fact that religion
permeates all spheres of life in Africa: (a) beliefs and worldview; (b)
farming, harvest, and crop yield; (c) marriage and child-bearing; (d)
stages of community socialization; (e) death and funeral; (f) personal and
collective security; (g) defence and warfare; and (h) environment and
natural disaster. For example, the use of magical power by a large
number of combatant groups (e.g., rebels, militias, and state security
forces) in various African political conflicts - a practice that dates back to
pre-colonial history - is part of the rhetoric about security (see Alie, 2005;
Omeje, 2006). The Egbesu, Bakassi Boys, and the Oodua People’s
Congress (OPC) are major Nigerian ethnic militia groups noted for use of
the magical charms to reinforce their military capabilities in their war
against uncompromising armed robbers who menace public order and
government security forces (Omeje, 2006). The use of magic in conflicts

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suggests there is a revival of ancient pre-colonial paradigms and

modalities.
Security in pre-colonial Africa involved people’s ability to deal with a
number of functionally interrelated activities (see Ellis, 1999; Ellis & Ter
Haar, 2004; Omeje, 2005):

1. Africans had to defend themselves and their communities against

external aggression, attack a potential aggressor, and prosecute
other political causes. These factors were some of the reasons for
the inter-tribal and inter-group wars widely prevalent in the pre-
colonial period.
2. They had to ensure and maintain the social organization of
production, distribution and exchange/trade, and self-sufficiency in
food production at the family, clan, village community, and other
levels.
3. They had to institute and enforce social norms and obligations to
maintain social order and stability through restorative and
retributive justice.
4. They had to maintain a judicious balance among the ecological,
socio-cultural, and spiritual realms because each of these realms
were was the source of information and material necessary for
survival: For example, the physical environment was a source of
herbal and curative medicine, and the spiritual realm was a source
of protective, offensive, and defensive charms.

Security in Africa’s pre-colonial history was based on community,

and it was people-centered in a holistic and functionally interrelated way.
In areas where states were non-existent or still at a formative stage,
security was mostly a social affair, but in places where state structures
had been considerably developed (e.g., in some centralized political
systems), security intersected and, to a large extent, functionally
interlinked the state and society. This does not imply that security
regimes and practices were beneficial to all and sundry because the focus
of security depended on the prevailing political situation. In pre-colonial
Africa, security could include the following injustices: (a) the degradation
and repression of women; (b) persecution, banishment, and elimination
of opponents by ruling elites and dictatorships; (c) ownership and use of
domestic slaves; and (d) human sacrifice and other harmful traditional
practices.
In the event of military threats to a political system, combatants were
mostly mobilized or drafted from society or the political community on
an ad hoc basis. Most kings and powerful rulers had special armed

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guards. In some pre-colonial ethnic communities, such as among the

Igbo, Benin, and Yoruba of southern Nigeria, the Akan of Ghana, the Ewe
of Ghana, Togo, and Benin Republic, the Mende and Temne of Sierra
Leone, and the Kpelle of Liberia (to name a few), men’s secret cults,
vocational guilds, and age-grade associations served as reserve
combatants. Rarely were there the professional standing armies known
today, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.

Colonialism and Change in the Security Paradigm

Colonial rule introduced radical changes that upset the balance of

traditional political authorities. Colonial governments established new
Western-oriented institutions, agencies, and state systems that usurped
the sovereignty of traditional institutions and subordinated them to the
control of colonial governments. It was a system propped up by force and
military might. The reliance on military force to impose colonial rule
provoked considerable resistance across Africa (e.g., the Mau Mau revolt
in Kenya, the Temne uprising in Sierra Leone [also known as the Bai
Bureh war, named after the legendary Temne strategist who led the war],
and the Zulu resistance in South Africa). The imposition of colonial rule
and the modern state system altered Africa’s security landscape in three
remarkable ways.
First, the arbitrarily created modern state institution claimed
sovereignty and monopolized the use of violence in the colonial
territories. As Mbembe (2001) aptly states, colonialism established and
thrived on regimes of impunity. Forced labor, compulsory cash crop
production, and the delegation of sovereign power to trading companies
and individuals were all part of the regime of impunity widespread in the
colonies. The colonizers granted many large companies commercial and
mining privileges and sovereign rights that allowed them to raise taxes
and maintain an armed force. Mbembe argues that the regime of
impunity was a departure from the common law, individual rights, and
principles of legal justice that were emerging in the metropole. Given the
perceived illegitimacy of the colonial states and their domination by a
cohort of self-serving ethno-prebendal elites, the state’s claim to a
legitimate monopoly of the use of force in the classical Weberian sense
has been repeatedly challenged by various armed groups in the post-
colonial period.
Second, with the establishment of colonial rule and the consequent
destabilization, marginalization, and disempowerment of traditional

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political communities, security was systematically removed from society

and its related social structures and vested in the modern bureaucratic
state; consequently, security became professionalized, secularized, and
militarized. In a sense, the colonial project marked an ascendancy of the
Western-centric realist notion of military power as the manifest
expression and bulwark of security.
Third, the incomplete conquest of the pre-colonial social order and
traditional systems by the colonial state resulted in the coexistence of the
traditional community-oriented and modern state-centered security
complexes. This situation created a paradoxical nexus that has often been
the basis for the profound suspicion, distrust, contradictions, and violent
conflicts in postcolonial Africa.

The Postcolonial State and the Conflict of Securities

The postcolonial state inherited a binary security complex (i.e., the

state’s security versus people’s security) marked by occasional points of
structural intersections, cooperation, and conflict. The question about the
legitimacy of the state and the proliferation of small, unviable, weak
states and quasi-states has created tension between the state and its
citizens that has often resulted in violent conflict.
The colonial origin and artificial nature of African states has created a
legitimacy crisis for most these states and resulted in neo-patrimonial
governance, prebendal corruption, poor economic performance, and the
interplay of vested external interests. Modern African states are
essentially a creation of the famous Berlin Conference of 1886–1887.
During this Conference, the European imperial powers arbitrarily
bunched together many heterogeneous and adversarial ethnic
communities into a common state and Balkanized a large number of
unified ethnic communities into disparate states. This colonial diktat was
motivated by the economic and strategic interests of the imperial powers.
The outcome is the continuing rejection and questioning of statehood by
many African people, the perpetuation of pre-colonial inter-tribal feuds
in more complex and implosive forms, and the extraversion of the
postcolonial states to protect and advance the strategic interests of the
Western powers that created these states. As a result of this situation,
African states are contested and dysfunctional, and since 1970, more than
42 wars have been fought in Africa, with the vast majority of them intra-
state in origin (see Poku, 2008, p. 103).

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There has also been a proliferation of small, unviable, weak states

and quasi-states in Africa (e.g., Swaziland, Guinea Bissau, Djibouti, Sao
Tome and Principe, Lesotho, and Sierra Leone) that do not have the
institutional capacity and resources to translate their juridical sovereignty
into empirical sovereignty and deal with a vast array of security threats
(see Jackson, 1990). The proliferation of weak states in Africa is partly a
consequence of the colonial Balkanization of Africa that created borders
that do not make ethnic and geographical sense (see ‘Nkrumah’s Legacy,’
2006, p. 22).
To combat the weaknesses of postcolonial African states, pan-
Africanists, such as Ghana’s first president after it gained independence,
Kwameh Nkrumah, promoted pan-African unity and the formation of the
Organization of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. The pan-Africanists called
for the establishment of a government for all the independent states of
Africa. Nkrumah’s ultimate objective, which proved most unpopular
among African leaders and, therefore, failed, was the formation of a
United States of Africa, which he felt was imperative for Africa to control
its own destiny.
As a result of questions about legitimacy and the weak nature of
many African states, there has been a proliferation of conflicts in Africa
(e.g., Liberia, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda,
Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria) and the creation of diverse civil
militia movements. Most of the recent wars in Africa are related to the
politics associated with neo-patrimonial governance, prebendal
corruption, and poor economic performance and historical
underdevelopment. Some of the wars and complex political emergencies
have been aggravated by the interplay of vested external interests and
ecological factors, such as drought, desertification, and famine.
As a result of political conflicts, state implosion, and deteriorating
security situations in contemporary Africa, many people have organized
civil militias. Contemporary civil militias in Africa, conceptualized by
Francis (2005, p. 2) as ‘second generation militias,’ have mostly emerged
from civil and traditional societies to construct and enforce contrasting
forms of security. For analytical purposes, it is possible to identify some
of the typical types of civil militias that menace public and social security
in Africa, although from an operational standpoint these militia groups
are not mutually exclusive:

1. Pro-government militias: These militia movements are basically

pro-establishment and often emerge to provide security that cannot

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be provided by the state. In some cases, the state outsources part of

its security functions to these militias or uses them as paramilitary
vanguards to fight proxy wars. These pro-government militias
include groups such as the Janjaweed in Darfur, Sudan, Bakassi
Boys in Nigeria, and the War Veterans in Zimbabwe. These militias
invariably acquire a life and momentum of their own, and
therefore, they are difficult to regulate and often pursue their own
agendas that conflict with the agendas of the associated
government.
2. Governmental militias: These are militias directly created by
governments - often backed by state legislation or decree - as
paramilitary security outfits. They are formed mostly by weak and
beleaguered governments or embattled dictatorships, and they
often act as presidential guards, secret police, and intelligence
officers.
3. Party militias: These are militias that comprise the armed wing of
different political parties in Africa. Party militias can be pro-
government or anti-government, depending on whether they are
attached to the party in power or the opposition party. Party
militias have been used to intimidate and persecute political
opponents in elections in Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroun, Guinea, and
Zimbabwe.
4. Insurgents and counter-hegemonic militias: These are militias that,
for various reasons, fight the state and its security agencies, a
phenomenon that has been alternatively conceptualized as
‘adversarial security’ (see Omeje, 2005, p. 74). Too often, insurgents
and counter-hegemonic militias tend to justify their campaigns by
using populist rhetoric and propaganda to characterize their
actions as a struggle for human rights and a safer, more stable
society. The reality is often different from this populist image.

By far, human security is the most significant dimension of conflict in

postcolonial Africa, and it is often in direct competition with the state-
and military-centricity of security that characterized Africa in the Cold
War era. Human security involves meeting the needs of the most
vulnerable individuals, groups, and communities and includes human
rights protection, environmental protection, health care, poverty
alleviation, and development. The human security agenda is an inclusive
agenda that is empirical and normative, mundane and aspirational. It
considers the individual, especially the powerless and vulnerable, the
primary focus of security, and it is driven by people’s needs and
aspirations and their desire to alleviate existential and structural threats
and fears. Eradicating or mitigating social problems, such as physical

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violence, armed conflict, poverty, hunger, extreme inequality, disease,

unemployment, oppression, injustice, environmental degradation, and so
forth, has become the main focus of politics and the discourse about
security in Africa.
The human security agenda has remarkable resonance with African
intellectuals and civil societies because of the high level of
underdevelopment, political corruption, and mismanagement by
governments in Africa. Although African countries have started to
solidify nation building and strengthen democratic principles in an
attempt to reduce human security problems in the past 2 decades, wars
and ethnic conflicts and human insecurities have remained an endemic
feature of most African countries. As a number of chapters in this book
illustrate, many African leaders are inordinately concerned with regime
preservation and aggrandizement of power and resources, at the expense
of human security. Although there are several civilian democracies in
contemporary Africa - thanks to the conditions attached to the World
Bank’s Structural Adjustment Programs - extreme incidents of human
rights violations and the coercive persecution of opposition groups still
occur in Gambia, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Egypt, Algeria,
Cameroon, and Uganda. As a result, it is difficult to achieve any
meaningful long-term change that would bring stability to the region.
Indeed, the region has gained the reputation among academics and
policy makers as a region of unending conflicts. Nevertheless, achieving
some measure of human security remains a top priority for most
governments in Africa. In spite of the focus on human security, the
fundamental concern with security in Africa still revolves around state or
regime survival, and it is becoming increasingly clear that there is a
complex interdependence between the political and socio-economic
aspects of human security that goes beyond national security.

Conflict of Securities in Africa: An Overview of the Contributions

The chapters in this book are reflections on the current debate about
and perspectives on the nature of national security in Africa and the
problem of human security. In particular, the various contributions in this
book examine the conflict caused by the national security agenda of many
African states and the human security agenda.
Aware of the contradictions associated with security issues in Africa,
Omeje (chapter 2) discusses the global security debate and the African
paradox. He examines the various schools of thought that deal with

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security issues in order to identify the security orientation applicable to

Africa, what explains the African paradox, and how it can be resolved.
He describes the realist theory as the dominant perspective in security
studies but points out that this theory is now vigorously challenged by a
number of other contending and emerging paradigms. He suggests that it
is necessary for ‘African and Third World scholars and policy makers to
rethink some of the dominant theories and meta-narratives in the global
security debate and develop more suitable, context-specific, medium-
range alternatives theories’ that explain security issues in Africa and offer
some solutions. Omeje argues that as far as Africa is concerned ‘the
conceptual and paradigmatic aspect of security is still as problematic as
the empirico-methodological aspect.’ In fact, he asserts that ‘no settlement
has apparently occurred because the questions about who sets the agenda
for security and whose interests dominate security discourses and
policies are still at the heart of most conflicts that threaten the fabric of
many African states.’ Moreover, Omeje challenges the claims of many
scholars, government leaders, and policy makers that the conceptual
issues about security have been settled and the real issue affecting
Africa’s security problems exist at the methodological level: that is, how
to provide security. He describes the African paradox as the tendency to
portray security as neutral, which masks the contradictory interests of
impoverished underprivileged people and powerful hegemonic forces
that serve the state. He claims there is ‘the need to approach the global
security debate using a bottom-up approach’ and suggests that ‘CSS, the
Marxist political economy paradigm, and some of the environmental
theories help explain the material interests of underprivileged
communities and groups.’ By using a different perspective (i.e., a human
perspective) to examine security issues in Africa, Omeje is able to provide
concrete explanations about many questions related to Africa’s security
problems.
Achieving security is the priority of many African nations, but
security eludes many African of these states and their people. Gambo and
Kwaja (chapter 3) examine the state of national security in Africa within
the context of sovereignty, territoriality, and governable spaces. The
authors argue that the territorial integrity and sovereignty of many
African states are under threat as a result of many factors, including these
states’ declining ability to ensure security within their territories and their
diminishing role as providers of security. Gambo and Kwaja contend that
in the era of globalization the state is unable to adopt and institute new
measures and mechanisms for national security because of the increased

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mobility of people and capital and the emergence of international

organizations that limit the power of the modern state. They note that the
greatest challenge to state security is created by internal issues attenuated
by the processes of globalization. In addition, they assert globalization
has lead to the privatization of security and the growth of private security
companies in Africa, and many African states are having difficulty
controlling and regulating these private security companies. According to
Gambo and Kwaja, national security should only be in the hands of the
state, and non-state actors constitute a serious security challenge for
African states that must be resolved in order to ensure these states’
sovereignty.
Kumar and Cailleba (chapter 4) claim that security cannot be
achieved without a stable democratic environment. They examine the
political situation in Botswana and how its liberal democratic system
operates. Botswana appears to mirror many genuine characteristics of
democracy. Since its independence in 1966, Botswana has maintained
political stability and had three uninterrupted and smooth transitions of
leadership and numerous elections without violence, unlike most African
states, where violence and insecurity are a central feature of politics. As a
result, Botswana had earned the reputation as the African miracle. They
dispute this reputation and discuss the failure of Botswana’s two-party
system to level the political landscape, the constitutional right of the
ruling party to retain power, and the creation of a political dynasty that
monopolizes power in the country. They suggest that although Botswana
has many features that characterize democratic government (e.g., free
elections) its form of democracy may not be the best model for African
states because power remains in the hands of a small group of people.
Although Botswana has a two-party system (a ruling party and an
opposition party), the country has been controlled by the Bechuanaland
Democratic Party (BDP) since it gained independence in 1966, and its
right to retain power is enshrined in the country’s constitution. Free, fair
elections are the cornerstone of democracy, but it is necessary for more
than one party to win an election and take control of the government. In
Botswana, only one party can win the election, and the Botswana case
illustrates that ‘elections do not in themselves mean democracy.’
Abubakar (chapter 5) claims that if African states are not serious
about internal democratic institution-building, constitutional power-
sharing, civic engagement, and government accountability the legitimacy
of the postcolonial state will be challenged constantly by the people
excluded from political power. Abubakar provides a riveting analysis of

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Africa’s deep-seated human security problem. He uses a comprehensive

historical account of the origins of the continent’s human security
problem and the development of identity politics to explain the violent
conflicts that occur in Africa. He describes the impact of political violence
on the African population (e.g., displaced people) and emphasizes how
conflicts undermine human security, social capital, democratic
consolidation, and economic development. Abubakar contends that
genuine human security lies in a people-driven social democratic project
that makes people’s basic needs its main objective. In order to achieve
human security, political stability, and economic development, African
states must practice the politics of inclusion and deal with the problems
associated with healthcare, agriculture, education, and infrastructure.
Munene (chapter 6) discusses the displaced people (IDPs) in Africa
who are fleeing conflict. He provides an orderly, structured assessment of
the problem and points out that ‘the phenomenon of displaced people in
Africa reveals a serious lapse in all types of security.’ He examines
Africa’s refugee problem from the perspective of classical colonialism, the
emergence of independent African states, and the effect of the Cold War,
neo-colonialism, and postmodern colonialism on these states. Using the
East African state of Kenya as an illustrative case, Munene discusses the
various aspects of the problem, the conflicting interests that come into
play, and the influential role of international governments, international
financial institutions, and the international media, especially the media’s
ability to shape public opinion in Africa and the international
community. Munene concludes that the inability of African states to
withstand the whims of its colonial masters is a major obstacle to security
in Africa and resolving the problem of IDPs. He suggests that a balance
between the security and legitimacy of states and the security needs of
people will only occur by dealing with the domestic, regional, and
international institutions and conditions that create displaced people.
Mustapha (chapter 7) examines Nigeria’s Niger Delta conflict. He
critically explores the dynamics of conflict resolution mechanisms
adopted by the Nigerian state and petro-business (i.e., oil companies) in
the conflict- stricken region using existing literature. Mustapha provides
answers to the following questions: Why is the world’s largest oil-
producing region enmeshed in crisis? Is oil the main catalyst for the
conflict, which is suggested by the ideas of resource curse and greed
versus grievances? He provides a critical examination of the theoretical
ramifications of an oil curse and rentier state approach to the Niger Delta
conflict and the failure of ‘nascent meta-narratives’ built on ‘hegemonic

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discourses’ to explain this conflict. Mustapha concludes that the attempt

to succinctly explain the factors that affect the Niger Delta conflict
remains a daunting task.
Yates (chapter 8) presents a thorough evaluation of the role played by
governments in Africa’s oil sector. He contends that countries that
depend on oil exports are among the most economically troubled, the
most authoritarian, and the most conflict-ridden states in today’s world.
He examines the different initiatives being promoted by the international
community to deal with these problems: (a) Extractive Industries
Transparency Initiative (EITI), (b) Publish What You Pay (PWYP), (c)
Transparency International (TI), and (d) Global Witness. Through a
comparative case study of eight oil-rent states in Africa, Yates uses the
success and failures of the different tools used by different global
transparency-governance-accountability watchdogs in order to answer
the question about the resource curse and why some countries are hit
harder than other countries. Yates believes current ‘efforts are not
enough’ to curb corruption in the oil sector and hold African
governments accountable. This is illustrated by the poor performance of
various states in ensuring transparency in all its processes. Gabon, for
example, has institutionalized policies that are detrimental to
transparency and accountability, indicated by the numerous recorded
incidents of harassment and arrests of transparency activists doing
monitoring work in this country.
Economic security is the focus of Onyukwu and Amakom’s analysis
in chapter 9. Evaluating economic growth and human security in
Nigeria’s Fourth Civilian Republic, Onyukwu and Amakom provide a
comprehensive historical review and analyze the trends in economic
policies in Nigeria from before the Fourth Civilian Republic to the
present. They point out that economic growth in Nigeria has been
disappointing in spite of its enormous potential and growth in Gross
Domestic Product (GDP). Despite its increase in GDP, the Nigerian
people continue to live in abject poverty and are excluded from
productive and profitable activities, and as a result, there are frequent
resource-based conflicts in different parts of the country. Onyukwu and
Amakom conclude that it takes more than increased GDP to reduce
poverty.
Umoh (chapter 10) examines the phenomenon of food security in
Nigeria, the increasingly incidence of hunger and malnutrition, and the
implications for its citizens and future. He notes that Nigeria’s population
is increasing by 3.2% a year, and this is contributing to a widening gap

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between food supply and demand in Nigeria. He points out that Nigeria
is unable to institute programs that eliminate malnutrition, hunger, and
starvation. According to Umoh, the food security problem is complicated
by Nigeria’s low level of investment in agriculture, and it requires urgent
action by the government. He concludes that the Nigerian government
must allocate a serious amount of resources to create a multi-stage
program that will stop the food security problem from becoming worse,
address concerns about commodity prices and supply and demand, and
institute measures that would ensure food stability. Umoh suggests that
this type of program will reduce the incidence of hunger and
malnutrition over a period of time and, more important, prevent the
onset of a food crisis and violence in the country.
Alusa (chapter 11) examines the short- and long-term impact of
genetic modification (GM), an agricultural biotechnology, on the farmers
of Africa, its agriculture sector, and the African economy. Alusa tackles
the politics of genetic modification and highlights the different
perceptions and interpretations about agricultural biotechnology and the
effects it will have on Africa’s food exports. According to Alusa, Africa
will need to capitalize on the economic benefits of GM development for
its farmers, but it will have to ensure that GM crops meet the standards
and guidelines being established by other countries, especially, by its
major trading partner, the European Union.
Makegetlaneng (chapter 12) approaches the issue of human security
by examining the role of the mining industry in conflicts, tensions, and
wars. He analyzes the Democratic Republic of Congo’s use of the mining
industry to improve its economy. Makegetlaneng challenges this position
and asserts that agriculture rather than mining is the best economic sector
for providing reconstruction and development. He criticizes the
Democratic Republic of Congo’s failure to make agriculture a top priority
in its economic development plans and states that the government ‘has
no clear idea about what it wants to reconstruct and develop.’ He argues
that for the state to fully realize its reconstruction and development
agenda it must link reconstruction and development to the sociopolitical,
economic, and physical security of the majority of its citizens. He points
out that reconstruction and development programs will never be realized
if they continue to be determined by the strategic interests of the national
rulers and their external allies.
Galadima (chapter 13) explores the state of political security in
Nigeria using an historical perspective. He defines political security as

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…the absence of threats to basic human rights, especially freedom of

association, freedom of speech, freedom of choice, and freedom to participate
in the political processes in the country without fear of political repression,
systematic torture, ill treatment, or assassination.

For him, political security involves ‘an environment where the rule of
law, human rights, and political participation are institutionalized and
sustained.’ Galadima presents a comparative analysis of political security
during of Nigeria’s military dictatorship and Fourth Civilian Republic
(since May 1999). He identifies several threats to political security in
Nigeria: (a) centrifugal tension precipitated by the politicization of
primordial identities (e.g., religion, ethnicity, and regionalism) by
political elites; (b) suffocation of the political space through ballot rigging
and other forms of electoral malpractices; (c) manipulation of the state’s
electoral commission; (d) domination of political party structures by
powerful chieftains and their consequent non-democratization; (e) a
culture of authoritarianism, lawlessness, and impunity in the national
political system; (f) structures of discrimination and violence between
indigenes and migrants (termed settlers) in many sub-national
states/communities; (g) the pervasiveness of political corruption; and (h)
absence of a ‘detribalized’ visionary leadership. Galadima argues that the
present picture of political security in Nigeria is not significantly better
than it was during the military dictatorship. He claims that ‘Nigeria is at
the crossroads between collapse and redemption,’ and to achieve
redemption, it must improve the democratic process and constructively
redress the identified threats to political security in the country.

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Remember: Research findings and conclusions
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 107: Ethical considerations and implications
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 108: Case studies and real-world applications
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
References 12: Current trends and future directions
Key Concept: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Interdisciplinary approaches
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 111: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Note: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 112: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Important: Study tips and learning strategies
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Remember: Key terms and definitions
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Study tips and learning strategies
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 115: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Remember: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Statistical analysis and interpretation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Example 116: Key terms and definitions
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 117: Ethical considerations and implications
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Methodology 13: Statistical analysis and interpretation
Practice Problem 120: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Case studies and real-world applications
• Historical development and evolution
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 123: Experimental procedures and results
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Remember: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Important: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Theoretical framework and methodology
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Key Concept: Critical analysis and evaluation
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Example 128: Ethical considerations and implications
• Case studies and real-world applications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Key terms and definitions
• Ethical considerations and implications
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
[Figure 130: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Chapter 14: Learning outcomes and objectives
Practice Problem 130: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Interdisciplinary approaches
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Study tips and learning strategies
• Comparative analysis and synthesis
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 132: Learning outcomes and objectives
• Assessment criteria and rubrics
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Definition: Statistical analysis and interpretation
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Best practices and recommendations
• Critical analysis and evaluation
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Practice Problem 135: Historical development and evolution
• Best practices and recommendations
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Note: Experimental procedures and results
• Problem-solving strategies and techniques
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
[Figure 137: Diagram/Chart/Graph]
Remember: Fundamental concepts and principles
• Interdisciplinary approaches
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Note: Interdisciplinary approaches
• Research findings and conclusions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Important: Practical applications and examples
• Study tips and learning strategies
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Practice 15: Theoretical framework and methodology
Example 140: Historical development and evolution
• Experimental procedures and results
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Formula: [Mathematical expression or equation]
Key Concept: Problem-solving strategies and techniques
• Current trends and future directions
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
Practice Problem 142: Comparative analysis and synthesis
• Literature review and discussion
- Sub-point: Additional details and explanations
- Example: Practical application scenario
- Note: Important consideration
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