BANDITRY AND ITS THREAT TO RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF FASKARI

Abstract

The Study examined banditry and its threat to economic development of Faskari local government area of Katsina State. In the course of this study data was sourced from two major sources; Secondary and Primary Sources. The Secondary sources were from existing literature on Banditry and economic development while Interview method was adopted as the main primary source of data in this study to generate data from the selected key informants within the study area and also the State level. In addition, mixed method of analysis was adopted to present and analyze data based on the objectives of the study, within the theoretical framework of securitization theory. The Study concludes that in the study area banditry has become a serious problem that has affected the economic development of the area that render the people of the study area unemployed, jobless, and vulnerable to hunger and starvation. The activities of the bandits in the study area also led to the displacement of the residents, increase in abandoned farmland, closure of markets, loss of cattle and work bulls to the bandits, loss of lives and properties, increase in unemployment, setting houses, properties, and farms ablaze.