A Critical Analysis of Insurgency, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in the North-East of Nigeria

Abstract

This study gives a critical analysis of insurgency, reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the North-East of Nigeria. The study was to understand the types of insurgent activities taking place in the North-East, to have a clear understanding of the modules for reconstruction in the North-East, to assess how the insurgents are rehabilitated and to understand at what extent the civilians in the North-East are rehabilitated. This research adopted the qualitative research design. Specifically, the study used a qualitative content analysis research design. The population of the study is the state in the North-East Geo-political zone of Nigeria. Therefore, the study relied on data from books, records, biographies, newspapers, published censuses or other statistical data, data archives, internet articles, research articles by other researchers (journals), and databases. It is hence analysed by using content analysis, this is one of the most common methods to analyse qualitative data. From the critical analysis of literature related to reconstruction and rehabilitation in the North-East, it was discovered among others that returning the region to normalcy will also require a clear funding strategy, strong and accountable Governance and Institutional Frameworks, a rigorous Monitoring & Evaluation Framework and an effective Communication Strategy. It was also discovered that some of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East Nigeria have not been rehabilitated into their various communities till date and also some of the reconstructions of the social amenities have not yet properly started. This study recommended among others that IDPs taking refuge in camps scattered across the country should be returned back to their communities and rehabilitated by the Nigerian authority to give them a new face of life to start all over again instead of leaving them stay put to continue suffering for food and infrastructural shortages in the various camps across the nation.

Keywords: Insurgency, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, North Eastern Nigeria