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EFFECTS OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY ON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This research work is on the effects of boko haram insurgency on commercial activities in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State. The sample size for this study is two hundred respondents chosen from various communities. The sample size was obtained through the use of Multi stage sampling techniques where -probability method of purposive sampling were used. The study utilized both descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistical tools used include tables, frequencies and simple percentage. Inferential statistics such as chi-square will be used. The secondary data on the other hand was analysed through simple descriptive technique known as document Analysis. The result of the study showed that the group may have been nurtured from outside. Sources in the Maiduguri religious establishment say it is possible that money from Salafist groups in Saudi Arabia supported it in the early years. The findings shows that Boko Haram insurgency has affected Maiduguri Metropolis, the causes of the insurgency were included that bad governance is the major cause of the problem.This study also discovered that among the consequence which has been affecting people is the closing of the three borders which Borno State shared; these are Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Furthermore, the study reveals that the negative effect of Boko haram on socio-economic life of the people was the closing of the southerner’s shops in Maiduguri Metropolis and the total relocation of the nonindigenous shops owners to other states. Based on the findings of the study it is recommended that; government should create employment opportunities to the teeming unemployed youth as part of the solution to the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in the North Region and insecurity problem in Nigeria in general.
Keywords: Boko haram, Insurgency Commercial Activities and Assessment