Published Article

The study assessed the security and strategic implications of nomadic pastoralists and farmers conflict in Nigeria. The population of this study consisted of all staff of the seven strategic Federal Ministries and relevant agencies under these ministries and three International Donor Agencies. The study adopted a descriptive research design while simple random sampling technique was used in selecting the respondents. Data was collected using a questionnaire and interview method under the ministries. The instrument was vetted by the researcher’s supervisor who is an expert in the field before the reliability test was conducted which produced the reliability coefficient of 0.89 proving the instrument to be reliable for the study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentage analysis. From the results of the data analysis, it was observed that nomadic pastoralists and farmers conflict has relative impact on national inter-ethnic relations. Nomadic pastoralists and farmers conflict has significant effect on national development. It was therefore recommended that besides using the application of well equipped devices like CCTV, defensive weapons against unexpected attacks, the law enforcement agencies should use requisite intelligence for the management of the nomadic pastoralist and Farmers conflict in Nigeria.