CONFLICT MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN NIGERIA: JOS CRISIS ASSESSMENT

The security challenges in Nigeria informed this study titled “Conflict Management and National Security in Nigeria: Jos Crisis in View”. The study examined the effect of Jos crisis management mechanism on national security in Nigeria. The research works methodology adopted descriptive and Field survey method for collection data from primary and secondary sources, through unstructured interviews and archival materials respectively. Data collected were analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively using descriptive statistics like frequency and percentage which were presented with the aids of tables and charts. The paper work established that there is a direct, strong and sufficient relationship between conflict management and national security in Nigeria. It also revealed that there are some challenges militating against the management of Jos crisis to enhance national security in Nigeria. Some of the identified challenges include poor crisis monitoring and intelligence gathering, insufficient public support and poor governance. Others are logistic constrain and non-implementation of Commission of Inquiry reports. The prospects identified were; media parley, re-constituted plateau state inter-religious council for peace and harmony and re-structured operation SAFE HAVEN and Operation RAINBOW.