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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Nigeria as a nation-state is under a severe internal socio-economic and security threat. As a more general level, the threat has social, economic, political and environmental dimensions. Each of these dimensions has greatly affected the nation’s stability, and can be traced to the ethnic militia armies, ethnic and religious conflicts, poverty, terrorism, armed robbery, corruption, economic sabotage, and environmental degradation (Ilufoye, 2009). Boko ...

GENDER, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE UN: AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN NIGERIAN DEVELOPMENT     CHAPTER ONE   INTRODUCTION   How is the relative status of women and men related to African growth and development? In Nigeria, women have few resources or rights and little opportunity to improve their lives. Country by country, the lack of resources and opportunities open to women is strongly associated with society-wide ...