The Role of Educators, Parents and Students in the Face of Security Challenges in Nigeria

Abstract

The sustainability of a political system depends on a complex of interactions and relationships of its components. The components and the structures of the system do not only help in boundary-maintenance but contribute to its development. This is applicable in Nigeria as the country is currently facing security challenges. In every geo-political zone in the country, security challenges abound; militancy in the Niger Delta, kidnapping in the South East, ritual killing in the South West and insurgency in the North. This demands that all hands must be on deck to curtail the challenges. It is consequent upon this that the authors examined the role of the educators, parents and students in the face of security challenges in Nigeria. Secondary source of data collection was adopted as our methodology. Through this method, explanatory and deductive analysis was made. The authors, therefore, submitted that what is needed mostly at this stage in our national life is less of talk, more of actions. All stakeholders should begin to act.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p385