IMPLICATION OF KIDNAPPING ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF MALUMFASHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF KATSINA STATE
Abstract
The paper examined kidnapping and socio-economic development in Nigeria. The paper posited that kidnapping is a threat to socio-economic development and the security architecture has exacerbated the issue which threatens not only the peace and security but the socio-economic development in Nigeria. Anomie theory was used as an analytical construct. One of the major assumptions of the Anomie theory is that society creates its own brand of crime and criminals by defining its goals, standards, and values without providing corresponding legal opportunities for achieving them. Regrettably, the prescribed goals and means do not permit all members of the society to pursue only success in legitimate ways. The paper relied on secondary sources of data and the paper noted that there are militating factors responsible for the causes of kidnapping which encumbers socio-economic development. The paper recommended inter alia, the Nigerian Government should take pragmatic steps to provide youths with job opportunities, and revitalization of abandoned firms/companies in Nigeria.
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