POLICY BRIEF- CITIZEN’S SECURITY AND THE CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING INFORMED DIALOGUE ON SECURITY IN NIGERIA

The provision of security for citizens, as well as the centralisation and monopolisation of the means of legitimate force constitute the central feature and function of the state. In recent years, the Nigerian security landscape has undergone significant transformation. One of such transformation has to do with the emergence of non-state security actors that function as parallel entities for groups and communities that are excluded from the mainstream protection of the formal security institutions of the state.

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