ANALYSIS OF THE NEXUS BETWEEN NATIONAL SECURITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This paper analysed the nexus between National Security and Socio-economic
Development. In the study, we proposed a conceptual framework for examining the concept of
national security and development; the paper also examined various types of national security;
the paper presents perspectives of scholarly thinking about national security and its
Interconnectedness with socio-economic development. The paper also identified objectives,
elements/components used to measure socio-economic development. Furthermore, the paper
identified some national security threats that have disruptive effects on Nigerian society due to
their impact on national security and on critical infrastructure such as basic social amenities,
economic and agriculture sector. The study utilized secondary sources to review literature,
such as articles, journals, expert interviews, essays, and national policy documentation. Finally,
we explore the proposed framework from an empirical perspective and apply it to Nigeria.
Social Contract theory was adopted to explain and understand. The nexus between national
security and socio-economic development.