Browsing by Author "Malik, Aliyu"

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    ILLEGAL MIGRATION AND THE CHALLENGES OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-09-09) Malik, Aliyu; Abdullahi, Sallau Modibbo; Tom, Usman Abu
    Migration between Nigeria and her neighbours has been a source of concern in the formulation and articulation of diplomatic and foreign policy of the nation. The porosity of Nigerian borders has made it possible for unwarranted influx of migrants from neighbouring States to enter the country illegallyfrom such countries as Republic of Niger, Chad and Republic of Benin. The paper interrogates the illegal migration and how it has impacted on national insecurity in Nigeria. Data were sourced through secondary sources; books, newspaper, journals and periodicals. Analysis of the data was done using content analysis. The paper revealed that poor management of borders contributed to the poor state of Nigeria's border thereby leading to illegal immigrants and the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons which has aided the growth of insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria. We concluded that if Nigeria pay more attention on her national borders and take full control of movements and activities of immigrant as well as goods and services, insecurity in the country will be drastically checkmated in achieving secured internal security of the nation.
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    THE ROLE OF NIGERIA IMMIGRATION SERVICE AS A SECURITY AGENCY IN CURBING ILLEGAL MIGRATION
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-09-06) Malik, Aliyu; Abdullahi, Sallau Modibbo; Tom, Usman Abu
    Nigeria ’s porous border situation presents a security problem demanding a coordinated national and multilateral approach to address the issue effectively. Smuggling, narcotics trafficking, illegal immigration, movement of arms and ammunition, human trafficking, and insurgent movements offer some of the major challenges to domestic and regional security. A variety of circumstances and factors contribute to Nigeria’s systemically futile efforts to accomplish adequate border operations. This paper explored the role of Nigeria Immigration Service as a security in curbing illegal migration. The paper adopted quantitative research design, using content analysis for analysing. The findings revealed that the Nigeria Immigration Service have done their best towards combating this menace, with the provision of mechanisms such as e-passport, establishment of electronic queuing system, installation of HF Voice and Data Codan among others, the obvious fact still remains that a lot still needs to be done if the Service wishes to properly and effectively perform its role in security policing. The paper therefore recommends that, government should adequately exploit e-governance through installation, utilization and maintenance of ICT gadgets in order to achieve desired objectives of secured borders, safe society and increase in economic development. Similarly, there is a need to introduce community policing at the local or grassroots level in order to collaborate, share information on cross-border crimes and criminality.