Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives

by Miriam Adah (Contribution by), Paul Oluwamoroti Adebayo (Contribution by), Adebayo Adeleke (Contribution by), Ikenna Mike Alumona (Contribution by), Stephen Nnaemeka Azom (Contribution by)

Overview

Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives examines the theory, practice, and challenges of contemporary security governance in Nigeria and argues for the prioritization of security governance in state affairs. Al Chukwuma Okoli, Folahanmi Aina, and the contributors address the role of security in state steering, the role of the state in security, the conceptual and theoretical frames underpinning contemporary discourse on security governance, and the current position of security governance and national security architecture in Nigeria. The book begins with an examination of security governance theory, context, and dimensions; followed by presenting strategies of security governance such as intelligence oversight; and ends with analysis of state, foreign, and non-state actors' roles in security governance. It covers important issues such as state legitimacy, public emergencies, intelligence oversight, civilian-led community policing, and Operation Safe Corridor. This book provides an important contribution for scholars in governance and security, and all stakeholders in governmental and non-governmental organizations that promote national security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666949438
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/22/2024
Series:	African Governance, Development, and Leadership
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Al Chukwuma Okoli is associate professor at the Federal University of Lafia.

Folahanmi Aina is lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Part One: Understanding Security Governance

Introduction: Situating the Subject Matter of Security Governance

Al Chukwuma Okoli and Folahanmi Aina

Chapter One: Theoretical Perspectives on Security Governance

Al Chukuma Okoli and Sunday Orinya

Chapter Two: The Nature of Nigeria’s National Security Architecture

Segun Ofongo

Chapter Three: The State as the Context of Security Dispensation and Management

Ikenna Mike Alumona and Stephen Nnaemeka Azom

Chapter Four: Security-Governance Nexus: Towards a New Paradigm for National Security Praxis

Al Chukuwma Okoli, Folahanmi Aina and Freedom Chukwudi Onuoha

Chapter Five: Democracy, State Legitimacy and Security Governance in Nigeria

George A. Genyi

Chapter Six: Public Emergencies and Security Governance in Nigeria

Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola

Chapter Seven: Gender Dimension to Security Governance in Nigeria

Comfort Fatimoh Sheidu

Part Two: Approaches and Strategies to Security Governance

Chapter Eight: The Imperative of Security Sector Reform in Nigeria

Francis Okpaleke

Chapter Nine: Monopoly of Force and Authority Over Violence: The Military and the Exigency of State Preservation in Nigeria

Samuel Oyewole

Chapter Ten: The Nigerian State and Its Coercive Competencies: An Assessment of The Nigerian State's Response to Internal Security Challenges

Ibeh Chinyere and Miriam Adah

Chapter Eleven: Non-Coercive Approaches to Security Governance in Nigeria

Oluwole Ojewale

Chapter Twelve: Internal Intelligence Oversight and Governance for Security in Nigeria

Ebimboere Seiyefa

Chapter Thirteen: Serving the Perpetrators, Starving the Persecuted? The Contradictions of ‘Operation Safe Corridor’ and their Implications for Security Governance

John Sunday Ojo

Part Three: State, Foreign, and Non-State Actors in Security Governance

Chapter Fourteen: The Police, Paramilitary Agencies and Public Order in Nigeria

Kazeem Oyedele Lamidi and Paul Oluwamoroti Adebayo

Chapter Fifteen: Foreign Security Force Assistance and Security Governance in Nigeria

Folahanmi Aina and Adebayo Adeleke

Chapter Sixteen: Private Security Companies and Security Provisioning in Nigeria

Tosin 'sasona

Chapter Seventeen: Civil Society and Security Governance in Nigeria

Fidelis Ikaade Ochim and Joseph Chigozie Nebiefe

Chapter Eighteen: Traditional Institutions, Faith-Based Organizations, and Public Security in Nigeria

Odey Joseph Obinyi, and Martin Luter Orjime

Chapter Nineteen: Militias, Vigilantes, and Civilian-led Community Policing in Nigeria

Nsemba Edward Lenshie, Ugwu Anthony Chinedu and Buhari Shehu Miapyen

Conclusion: What has Governance Got to Do with Security, and Vice Versa?

Al Chukwuma Okoli and Folahanmi Aina

About the Editors and Contributors

Editorial Reviews

Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives, edited by Al Chukwuma Okoli and Folahanmi Aina, highlights some of the key governance and security challenges that Nigeria confronts within its complex journey to statehood. The contributors underscore the effect that statehood is a means, rather than an end, as Nigeria comes to terms with both the centripetal and centrifugal forces that put its existence to the test. This book is an important read for both researchers and policy makers as they seek practical solutions toward addressing the issues highlighted by the respective chapter authors. I commend the editors for their incisive thoughts and scholarly contribution to the knowledge on this subject matter.

Chris M. A. Kwaja

Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives, edited by Al Chukwuma Okoli and Folahanmi Aina, highlights some of the key governance and security challenges that Nigeria confronts within its complex journey to statehood. The contributors underscore the effect that statehood is a means, rather than an end, as Nigeria comes to terms with both the centripetal and centrifugal forces that puts its existence to the test. This book is an important read for both researchers and policy makers as they seek practical solutions towards addressing the issues highlighted by the respective chapter authors. I commend the editors for their incisive thoughts and scholarly contribution to the knowledge on this subject matter.

Chris M.A. Kwaja

This book provides a critical perspective to security governance in Nigeria, against the background of complex security and developmental challenges. It addresses the security and security-governance linkage in the context of contemporary domestic non-state and transnational threats. The contributors analyze Nigeria’s security architecture, state-society relations, violent conflict, and crisis of legitimacy and governance, including the role of state and non-state conflict, peace, and security actors. A compelling read on the theory, praxis, and options for addressing the security-governance nexus in Africa’s largest democracy.

Cyril Obi