Socio-Cultural Factors Impinging National Security in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined socio-cultural factors impinging national security in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Since the past decade or more, Nigeria has witnessed an unprecedented security challenges occasioned by the activities of militants in the south-south region, kidnappers in the south east, violent armed robbery in almost parts of the country, political assassination, ritual killings and more recently activities of Boko Haram in some parts of the northern region especially north east where Kaduna State belongs. These social menaces, when put together impinge on the security of lives and property of both Nigerian citizens and foreigners living or even trying to invest in the country. This has become worrisome in the face of Nigeria's preparedness to be ranked among the twenty (20) developed countries of the world by the year 2030. These social menace trigger off a worrisome sense of insecurity that challenge Nigeria's efforts towards national economic development. The types, causes, socio-cultural factors affecting or impinging on national security where buttressed. This paper recommends that government should create an enabling environment for job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths. This can be done through laws, policies, programmes, projects and provision of infrastructural facilities like roads, potable pipe borne water and constant power supply that can attract investments especially foreign direct investment.