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Human Security, Poverty Pattern and Social Order in Igbo Rural Communities of Contemporary Nigeria

I. A. Onyekwere

2017 · DOI: 10.17265/2160-6579/2017.08.006
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Abstract

 The Igbo have their homeland in seven states of Nigeria Delta Rivers. They are receptible to new ideas and adapt easily to change. The ramifications of human insecurity, poverty, social disorder, poor coherence and poor integration appear to haunt them and the gravity is felt more in the rural communities. The factors are traceable to many pathetic issues. The pathological consequences do affect Igbo stability and navigation in the Nigerian socio-economic environment. The causality constitutes the physical, human, natural, financial and social assets. It is recommended, among others, that the people should return to core values and norms, stick to their own noble identities, have a framework for tackling insecurity and hunger, target the youth in poverty reduction measures and tackle the herdsmen menace. Equally, the abused philosophies used to support dangerous and strange behavior should be