EFFECT OF INSURGENCY ACTIVITIES ONADJUSTMENT OF FAMILIES LIFE OF IDPs IN SHIRORO, MUNYA AND RAFI LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AREA, IN NIGER STATE: IMPLICATION FOR COUNSELLING AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Abstract

This study examined the effects of insurgency activities on adjustment of social and emotions of families’ life in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger State of Nigeria. The study was necessitated by the increasing insurgency activities in the study areas which threatens the lives of families with unpredictable attacks in the local government areas. The study had two (2) objectives, (2) tworesearch questions and (2) null hypotheses. Descriptive survey design was employed to carry out this study. From a population of six thousand nine hundred and sixty five (6,965), a sample of three hundred (300) was drawn using purposive sampling technique. An adopted questionnaire was employed to obtain data for this study. Three hundred (300) copies of questionnaire were distributed, successfully completed, retrieved and was used for the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, the null hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and t-test at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The findings revealed that insurgency activities have significant effect on social adjustment of families life in Shiroro, Munya and Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State of Nigeria. Findings also revealed that there is no significant differential effect of insurgency activities on families’ emotional adjustment life in the study area. This is because the calculated p-value of 0.271 is greater than the0.05alpha level of significance at a t-calculated value 1.108 and df of ninety- nine (99). It was recommended that the use of various techniques of counselling should be encouraged by the guidance counselors and psychologists to reduce or minimize negative social and emotional experiences among families affected with insurgency attacks, and economic opportunities should be made available to these families by providing for them packages and soft loans in the interior villages to empower youths and women, thus bringing relief to the families and the communities.