INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS) AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE.

The paper reiterate that the plights of displaced persons have gained the attention of global community and have become a formidable problem of global significance and implications. The researchers used content analysis as a source of data to examine the causal factors of internally displacement of persons in Nigeria has been linked to many unfortunate developments over unfounded arguments on religious beliefs, under-development, poverty, unequal distribution of wealth, ethnic tensions, unemployment, political and economic subjugation of minorities, absence of democratic procedures, intolerance, and many other factors. The paper recommends that; unless and until governments at all levels ensure a proper administration of justice by providing the basic needs of humans (food, shelter, employment, and so forth) human race will not see better day until justice becomes the ultimate.