Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria: Themes and Perspectives: African Governance, Development, and Leadership Miriam Adah Lexington Books

Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria

Themes and Perspectives

Contemporary Security Governance in Nigeria

Themes and Perspectives

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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.

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 Osasona
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

Product details

Published	Aug 22 2024
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	394
ISBN	9781666949438
Imprint	Lexington Books
Illustrations	3 BW Illustrations, 5 Tables
Dimensions	236 x 158 mm
Series	African Governance, Development, and Leadership
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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, Modibbo Adama University, Yola, Nigeria
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, Social Science Research Council, New York