The Effects of Cattle Rustling on Socio-economic and Political Development in Kubau L.G.A. Of Kaduna State
CHAPTER ONE
Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are:
- To identify the causes of cattle rustling in Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State
- To examine the impact of Cattle rustling on socio-economic and political development of Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State
- To identify the efforts made by the government and community to tackle the problem of cattle rustling in Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
INTRODUCTION
The modern, as opposed to the traditional, practice of cattle-rustling has been defined to mean, ‘the stealing or planning, organizing, attempting, aiding or abetting the stealing of livestock by any person from any country or community where the theft is accompanied by dangerous weapons and/ or violence. The act of cattle-rustling mainly involves and affects the pastoral communities in kaduna and around its borders. The term “pastoralism” denotes ‘a practice whose main ideology and production strategy is the herding of livestock on an extensive base or in combination with some form of agricultural activity’ while “rustling” refers to armed attacks by one group on another with the purpose of stealing livestock and not necessarily for purposes of territorial expansion, Odegi-Awuondo, (1992). This practice has continuously robed pastoralist community their right to development kaduna state. Cattle’s rustling has affected fundamental development indicators that propel economic growth of a country.
Economic Activities that contribute to development Trade
Trade is a key factor in economic development. Rodrik, Dani (2001) outlines that, trading in its outset can boost a country’s development and create absolute gains for the trading partners involved. Trade has been touted as an important tool in the path to development by prominent economists. However trade may not be a panacea for development as important questions surrounding how free free trade really is and the harm trade can cause to domestic infant industries come into play. The current consensus is that trade, development, and poverty reduction is intimately linked. Rodríguez et al (1999) assures that, sustained strong growth over 8 longer periods is strongly associated with poverty reduction, while trade and growth are strongly linked. Countries that develop invariably increase their integration with the global economy, while export-led growth has been a key part of many countries’ successful development strategies. Continents, countries and sectors that have not developed and remain largely poor have comparative advantage in three main areas: natural resource exploitation, i.e. running down of natural capital such as rain foresttimber and low-education labor-intensive manufacturing, due to high population densities and little suitable land per person. According to William Krist andJohn Sewella(2011), a number of African countries are growing rapidly, and have reduced the level of poverty. The opportunity now is to craft strategies to help these countries and those lagging behind to sustain and deepen progress. The good news is that exports from the 53 member countries of the African Union increased as a percent of total world exports from just over two percent in 1999 to slightly more than three.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to the effects of cattle rustling on socio-economic and political development in kubau L.G.A. of kaduna state.
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was on The effects of cattle rustling on socio-economic and political development in kubau L.G.A. of kaduna state. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenge cattle rustling on socio-economic and political development
Summary
This study was on the effects of cattle rustling on socio-economic and political development in kubau L.G.A. of kaduna state. Three objectives were raised which included: To identify the causes of cattle rustling in Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State, to examine the impact of Cattle rustling on socio-economic and political development of Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State and to identify the efforts made by the government and community to tackle the problem of cattle rustling in Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 residents of Kubau local government, Kaduna state. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made married men, married women, farmers and youths were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
This was evident by the number of cattle raided in the recent past. Over 2000 cattle had been stolen by neighboring communities and sold to other Counties. Crop farming was a supplementary economic activity in Kubau local government as shown above in the study. It was apparent that through irrigation schemes that were introduced by non governmental organizations and the government of Nigeria, crop farming offered a supplementary activity for the residents. Majority of the respondents disagreed that cattle rustling have contributed immensely on the development of Kubau community. They cited this to loss of lives during a raid operations and loss of property as well. The respondents detested cattle rustling since it made them live in constant fears of rearing large herds of cattle because it be stolen any time by cattle rustlers. This fact slowed down development.
Recommendation
pastoral communities should be enabled to diversify their activities into other economic activities so as to divert attention from rustling. The government should tap on the available resources like water by introducing irrigation mechanisms to encourage farming hence forget sole dependence on cattle.
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