INSECURITY MANTRA: THE PARADOX OF NIGERIAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The title of the paper is concise, unambiguous but very broad. This is because the issue of insecurity permeates all aspects of human endeavor and serves as a fundamental panacea to any societyÂes growth and development. More so, it is tied to every societyÂes social, political, economic and cultural growth. Consequently, the paper addresses the fundamental issue of the Â\management of insecurity. and its impact on national growth and development by taking a paradoxical perspective of the Nigerian context within the globalized world. Thus, in all entirety, the issue of security is now becoming a policy mantra to every existing nation.