Appraisal of Social Intervention Programmes on Peace and Development in Nigeria: A Desk-based Survey

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Abstract This paper appraised the impact of the present administration‟s National Social Intervention Programmes (NSIP) as peace and development mechanism in Nigeria. The paper relies on journals, books, conference papers, government official report, reports from international organizations, observations, as well as newspapers and magazines as source of data and relevant information. It is purely an evaluative research, guided by the Marxist/conflict theoretical perspective. The paper fines that the rate of insecurity, poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and so on, are still high in spite of the four (4) years plus of NSIP fight against it. The paper therefore recommends people‟s and experts involvement, reduction of unemployment and hunger and fighting insecurity; construction and building of critical infrastructures as well as development of human capital among others as measures to addressing these challenges.