Abstract:
The North-Eastern part of Nigeria has been engulfed by insurgency over time. This has created fear
and untold hardship upon the people in this region. Accordingly, the continuous bombings,
kidnapping, killing, maiming and the destruction of properties by the Boko Haram insurgents have
become a great concern to the government of Nigeria and the international community. This paper
therefore examines the effects of insurgency on the socio-economic lives of the North-Eastern
populace. The research area was the North-east with special focus on Adamawa and Borno were the
most ravaged states. The paper sourced its data primarily from the administration of questionnaire
among the randomly selected people in the affected states. Chi-square (X1) Statistics was used to
determine the estimates. The results show greater X\ values of142.86 and 543.54over X2, values of
15.51 and 21.03 respectively, an indication that the atrocities of Boko Haram insurgency have severe
negative implications for the economy and social lives of the people of the North-east. The paper
recommends that the Nigerian government should embark on deliberate strategies to improve our
educational system, reduce poverty level, develop a robust counter-terrorism strategy, build a new
intelligence gathering infrastructure, develop an economic reconstruction plan for the North-east,
consciously involve civilian peace building organisations, and proscribe any emerging insurgency
related group with immediate effect.
