INSECURITY AND THE ECONOMY OF ADAMAWA STATE

Abstract

Declared as one of the epicenters of insurgencies in Northeastern Nigeria; over flooded, Internally Displaced Person Camps, terrorism, herders farmers conflicts, exacerbated malnutrition outlook and weak protection for communities, translates the inability of Adamawa State to mitigate against wants, lacks and wellbeing of her citizenry and such inadvertently affects the economy of the State. It was against this background that this study engaged Structural Functionalism Theory to examine food insecurity and the community insecurity as it aggravates the economy of Adamawa State. This study decomposed insecurity into food insecurity and community insecurity as the independent variable against the dependency on the Adamawa State economy. This study employs a qualitative research design; by reviewing publicly available archived documents. The study relies on secondary data by examining literature concerning insurgencies, terror cell groups, community security, and food security. The literature was obtained through searches in the publicly available material. Literature from non-serial publications, official reports, and conferences has been included particularly if they have been cited by other references in connection with human security, community security, food security, and political economy. Findings from this study showed that food insecurity in Adamawa negatively affects the economy of Adamawa State. The study also submitted that community insecurity as aggravated by banditry and insurgencies adversely influences the Adamawa State economy. This study, therefore, recommends that Nigeria should evolve a policy that protects the agrarian communities from insecurity constricting food security. This study also recommends that State Policing should be factored into the security architecture of Adamawa State to further secure the vulnerable communities.