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JSS3 · National Security · NH/SEC — JSS3.08

National Security Issues

An analysis of security challenges including insurgency, banditry, and militancy.

What students will learn

  • Define the concept of national security and identify its primary components.
  • Explain the historical emergence, causes, and impacts of insurgency in North-East Nigeria.
  • Describe the nature, causes, and socio-economic effects of armed banditry in the North-West and North-Central regions.
  • Analyze the roots of militancy in the Niger Delta and evaluate the 2009 Presidential Amnesty Programme.
  • Propose four viable solutions to contemporary security challenges in Nigeria and identify the civic duties of citizens in promoting peace.

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