UN Building bomb attack by Boko Haram
A Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Ibadan, Professor Isaac Albert, has attributed the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria and other security challenges in Africa to lack of capacity to respond to the issue of sustainable development in the continent.
Albert, who made the disclosure in a key note address at a conference organised by Faculty of Law, University of Ilorin on Thursday titled “Law and Sustainable Development in Africa, “ also noted that the continent is not ready to listen to the people yearning for social change .
According to him, ‘’environmental sustainability is not possible in an atmosphere of destructive conflict because without peace, there will be no sustainable development and without sustainable development there can be no peace. ‘’
He said in any society where rule of law is not in practice, there can be no sustainable development ,adding that where people are not ready to abide by the law or rules of the land there can be no peace but anarchy. Albert added that when there is no true democracy, justice and good governance there can be no sustainable development.
He maintained that as one moved from one African country to the other, one finds complaints, noting that most of them believe they had better developmental index during the colonial masters than after the independence .
He maintained that as one moved from one African country to the other, one finds complaints, noting that most of them believe they had better developmental index during the colonial masters than after the independence .
He noted that today, "we are living in a society that is not sustainable with proliferation of non-state armed group ,like Boko Hram , the Muslim brotherhood, Niger-Delta militants among others."
In his remark , Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who was represented by the Vice Chancellor, Management Services, Professor Albert Olayemi, commended the Faculty of Law of the university for being in the forefront on the war against unsustainable development , including climate change. He said the ruthless development happening out of ignorance is a serious challenge to mankind.
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