INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGING ISSUES, THREATS AND ROLE OF FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

This paper dwells on Insecurity in Nigeria: Challenging Issues, Threats and Role of Functional Education. The spate of insecurity in Nigeria is greatly alarming since it is almost a daily occurrence in all nooks and crannies of the country. The level of damage this insecurity has caused to the Nigerian economy cannot be overemphasized. Therefore, as a result, lives and properties have been lost, the national economy has been shrunk, and internal and foreign investments have been grossly affected. Education has been considered to be the change agent. This is because when the citizens are averagely educated, they are most likely to shun all social vices that relate to all forms of insecurity. Education prepares youths to be good and patriotic citizens who respect divergent views, on religious tolerance, ethnicity, social integration, high moral values, and dignity of labor. The paper discussed education and national security, the role of education in curbing insecurity in Nigeria, the change in Nigeria's educational system to curb insecurity, and the role of the unemployed in Nigeria's insecurity. It therefore recommends among others, the need to review the curriculum of the Nigerian education system to meet the current needs of vocational/entrepreneurship education, which will capture the aim and objective of functional education to guarantee growth and development.