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| Population Growth and Herders-Farmers Conflicts in Nigeria |
Cinjel Nandes Dickson (PhD), Joseph Danjuma, Solomon Fyinbu Joel
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Abstract:
Rapid population growth otherwise known as population outburst is one of the complex issues that are bedeviling the progress of most nations in the Sub-Saharan Africa. Nigeria, the most populous nation in Africa for long has been in this albatross. The ugly development has impacted deleteriously on the issue of herders and farmers conflict in Nigeria. This menace is not only inconsequential but has direct bearing on food production, human security, property safety and protection. The incidence is more pronounced in the North-Central geopolitical zone and some few other states in the North-West and North-East geo-political zone. The central objective of the study is to examine population explosion in Nigeria and its adverse influences on herders and farmers conflict in Nigeria. The study generated data from array of both published and unpublished materials such as: text books, journal papers, newspapers, magazines, white paper of reports of panel of investigation and commission of inquiry, internet materials, seminar and conference papers and a lot of others. The main instrument used to generate data for the study was interview. In interpreting our data, the relationship between population burst in Nigeria and the incidence of herders and farmers conflicts was established at both theoretical and empirical level. Empirically, we used a qualitative and historical method that was critical and analytical in providing descriptive and historical details. This was further complemented by descriptive analysis. It was established that rapid population explosion has enormous influence on herders and farmers conflicts in Nigeria. Recommendations such as: Awareness creations, population education, family programmes education, farmer's education, control of borders, good governance, improve policing, religious tolerance and a lot of others were proffered.
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