EFFECT OF BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLITAN COUNCIL IN BORNO STATE NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS)

ABSTRACT Boko haram insurgency has been a major problem that threatens the existence of Nigeria as a nation. It has become a common phenomenon over ten years now, the nation confidence in her ability to maintain national integration is falling down gradually. The menace has made the nation prone and vulnerable to violent conflicts which claim so many lives and destroyed many institutions. The extents at which their activities affect Human Development in Borno state constitute the major thrust of this study. Primary and Secondary data were used to collect relevant data for the study. The study pointed out that the menace of Boko Haram is gradually subsiding but with pockets of attacks in suicide mission, it is also evident that poverty remains the major factor that hatched Boko Haram and the government is not helping matters. Furthermore, the study also indicates that Boko Haram beliefs that the best way of destroying Human Development is by grounding it from the root that's why their attacks are mostly associated to literacy, income and life expectancy. Similarly infrastructures were destroyed and many school going children were deprived from attending school. Many schools are converted to internally displaced persons camp among other effects. In conclusion Boko Haram terrorism has made a destructive effect on educational development of the state. It is recommended that government should be proactive on security matters henceforth and encourage entrepreneurship to eradicate poverty among other recommendations.