Bad Governance and Insecurity: The Challenges for Development in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper is on Bad Governance and Insecurity in Nigeria, an obstacle for development. The methodology used for putting this paper together is with secondary sources and analysis was done qualitatively. Nigeria being the giant of Africa is now faced with a lot of security challenges over the past years, she had been declared a terrorist country 2013 by USA. It is known that the level of insecurity in Nigeria is very high and has reached international recognition, despite its numerous security agencies. The findings of the study show that insecurity has grown high as a result of bad leadership exercised through bad governance among other factors as causes of Insecurity. This paper addresses the link between insecurity and bad governance, it also attempts to highlight and explain the constraints on development and suggest ways under which these obstacles could be overcome to enhance development, with recommendations that there should be refined democracy in Nigeria, fight against corruption and purchase of modern security equipment to combat insecurity etc.