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In Nigeria’s educational system, particularly in the North-western region, banditry is a serious problem. Banditry against educational institutions becomes unavoidable in a location where people are destitute, impoverished, underfed, and emaciated, and have few or profitable assets. As a result, banditry activities and their effects on educational institutions continue to be a problem in the North-west region. This circumstance seriously threatens the sustainability of educational institutions in rural and urban areas because banditry-affected states often witness a sharp decline in the growth of their human capital. Experts in security and education are especially concerned about the rise in banditry, which frequently forces many levels of educational institutions in the afflicted states to close. Given this awful circumstance and the unfair actions of the bandits, a decrease in human capital development is unavoidable. Wherever there is banditry, there are issues with human capital development. According to several research, it is important to assess the problem of banditry and its effects on educational institutions. Therefore, this chapter aims to examine the dynamics and problems of banditry and its consequences on the educational institutions of the affected states in Nigeria’s North-western region.
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Ajiboye, B.M., Adefisoye, T.O., Bamidele, S. (2024). Effect of Armed Banditry on Human Capital Development in North-West Nigeria. In: Ojo, J.S., Aina, F., Oyewole, S. (eds) Armed Banditry in Nigeria . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45445-5_8
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