The study found that loss of livelihoods has promoted criminality, easy recruitment by terrorist groups, and migration to urban centres. This has also led to violence and crime in cities and towns. Management of the shrinking lake has caused conflicts among the states that depend on it and this has made it more difficult for them to collectively fight insecurity in the region.
AuthorSaheed Babajide Owonikoko
Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies , Modibbo Adama University of Technology.