National Human Development Report, 2015
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National Human Development Report, 2015 Human Security and Human Development in Nigeria December, 2015 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The preparation of this 2015 NHDR has been made possible by the contributions and support of many individuals and organizations who generously gave their valuable time and ideas. First and foremost is the UNDP Country Office in Nigeria for providing both financial and technical support right from inception. The team is particularly grateful for the unwavering guidance and support of the UNDP Nigeria team led by Pa Lamin Beyai (Country Director) and Ojijo Odhiambo (Senior Economic Advisor), Robert Asogwa (National Economist) and Grace Arinze-Ononwu (Economic Research Associate). A special appreciation is also due to Colleen Zamba (immediate former Economic Advisor), who provided valuable input at the onset of the process. The NHDR also benefited greatly from the advice and guidance of the former UNDP Resident Representative, Daouda Toure as well as the former Director-General of NISER, Prof. Olufemi Taiwo. Due acknowledgements also goes to all the authors of the various chapters of the report as well as the background and thematic papers: Olakunle F. Odumosu, Antonia T. Simbine, John Adeoti, Louis N. Chete, Adebayo O. Ajala, Andrew Onwuemele, Ademola Adeagbo, Abubakar Oladeji and Adebukola Daramola. Their tremendous efforts in the design and implementation of the Human Security Survey are highly appreciated. Indeed, a special acknowledgement goes to the ground- breaking work of Adebayo Ajala, Ademola Adeagbo and Adebukola Daramola for calculating the Nigerian Human Security Index and for compiling the statistical annexes for the report. The NHDR team further acknowledges the assistance of Olukunle Oni, Michael Bolarinwa, Audu Wadinga, Felix Olorunfemi, Yetunde Aluko and Sunday Alonge during the survey implementation and data collection. The valuable feedback provided by Prof. Olu Ajakaiye and Prof. Mike Obadan are deeply appreciated and especially the intellectual advice and professional criticism received from the two. Last but not least, the team is grateful to Dr George Odera-Outa of the University of Nairobi, Kenya (the international editorial consultant) as well as Mr James Ssserwanga-Okuthe (Design & Layout). Finally, the NHDR Team would like to sincerely thank all of those who were involved directly or indirectly in the research and compilation of the report. We particularly express gratitude to the survey respondents who generously responded to the questionnaire that served as the basis for the preparation of the report. Indeed, the new regional insights provided in this particular publication are a reflection of the collective investigative effort. II ACRONYMS AFR Adolescent Fertility Rate ANPP All Nigerian Peoples’ Party APC All Progressives Congress APGA All Progressive Grand Alliance APRM African Peer Review Mechanism ATA Agricultural Transformation Agenda CBN Central Bank of Nigeria CEDAW Conventions on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CPC Congress for Progressive Change EBBC Ebonyi/Benue Boundary Commission ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EFCC Economic and Financial Crimes Com EYS Expected Years of Schooling FCT Federal Capital Territory FDI Foreign Direct Investment GDP Gross Domestic Product GES Growth Enhancement Scheme GII Gender Inequality Index GTI Global Terrorism Index HDI Human Development Index ICPC Independent and Corrupt Practices Commission IE&P Institute for Economics and Peace INEC Independent National Electoral Commission LEEDS Local Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy LGAs Local Government Areas MDGs Millennium Development Goals MMR Maternal Mortality Rate MOSSOB Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra MPI multi-dimensional poverty index MYS Mean Years of Schooling NEEDS National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy NEPAD New Partnership for African Development NIP National Implementation Plan NIREC Nigeria Inter Religious Council NPC National Planning Commission OPC Oodua People’s Congress PDP Peoples Democratic Party RTAs Road Traffic Accidents SEEDS State Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy UBEP Universal Basic Education Programme UNDP United Nations Development Program UPE Universal Primary Education WEF World Economic Forum III TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................................. ii ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................................... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................iv LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................ vii LIST OF FIGURES ...............................................................................................................................................ix OVERVIEW .........................................................................................................................................................xii CHAPTER ONE UNDERSTANDING HUMAN SECURITY AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1.0 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Concepts of Human Development and Human Security ..........................................................................1 1.1.1 Human Development .......................................................................................................................1 1.1.2 Human Security ................................................................................................................................1 1.1.3 A ‘New’ Computation of Human Development Indices .................................................................4 1.2 Seven Realms of Human Security and Issues of Concern .......................................................................5 1.3 Human Development and Human Security: A nexus .............................................................................10 1.4 The Responsibility for Human Security .................................................................................................12 1.5 Security and Sense of Security ...............................................................................................................12 1.6 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................13 CHAPTER TWO STATUS OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE NIGERIA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE 2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................15 2.1 The Status of Human Development in Nigeria ......................................................................................15 2.1.1 The Status of Composite Human Development Indicators in Nigeria ...........................................15 2.1.2 Components of Human Development Indices ...............................................................................16 2.2 Nigeria’s Socio-economic Profile ...........................................................................................................20 2.2.1 Economic Context ...............................................................................................................................20 2.2.2 Social and Institutional Context ..........................................................................................................22 2.2.2.1 Social Context ..................................................................................................................................22 2.2.2.2 Institutional Context .........................................................................................................................24 2.2.3 Political ................................................................................................................................................25 2.2.4 Resource Issues ...................................................................................................................................26 2.2.5 Environmental Issues ..........................................................................................................................26 2.3 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................................27 IV CHAPTER THREE ECONOMIC AND FOOD DIMENSIONS OF HUMAN SECURITY 3.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 29 3.1 Economic Security .................................................................................................................................. 29 3.2 Economic access and threat to security ................................................................................................... 30 3.3 Job Security ............................................................................................................................................. 35 3.4. Jobs and threat to security .....................................................................................................................