Socioeconomic Activities and Insecurity Situations in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State
Muhammad Bello Waziri
Department of Educational Psychology and Counselling School of General Education, Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto.
Abstract
The main objective of this research paper is to examine the socioeconomic activities and insecurity situations in Isah local Government of Sokoto State. Three objectives, research questions and three hypotheses were formulated. The correlational research design was adopted to discover the extent of relationship that exists between the variables. The total number of 354 was purposively selected for the study. Result shows that Farming activities is more related to Security Challenge and a better predictor of Working in the other places in the state than their Business activities. Based on the result researchers recommended that the government should try to discharge its responsibility for public safety at all levels, runs by the local, state and federal governments. This will enable the people to go out and engage in farming, business and government work without a doubt that the terrorists have violated their rights.
Keywords
Coping, Challenges and Insecurity
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