Legal and Regulatory Challenges for the Proliferation of Small and Light Weapons in Nigeria
The Nigerian security challenges can be significantly ascribed to the proliferation of small and light weapons (SALW). It is a universal phenomenon that causes serious security problems ranging from cattle rustling, armed robbery, assassination, kidnapping, militancy and terrorist attacks. It ser...
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| Language: | English |
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School of Social Sciences, USM
2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/39227/1/ART_11.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/39227/ |
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| Summary: | The Nigerian security challenges can be significantly ascribed to the proliferation of small and
light weapons (SALW). It is a universal phenomenon that causes serious security problems
ranging from cattle rustling, armed robbery, assassination, kidnapping, militancy and terrorist
attacks. It serves as a main source of obliteration of lives and properties. Controlling the
proliferation of SALW is in the interest of government and governed. This paper examines the
legal and regulatory challenges curtailing the control of proliferation of SALW in Nigeria. It equally
explores and identifies gaps and lacuna in the legal and institutional frameworks. For practical
steps towards effective control of proliferation of weapons legal and institutional reforms are
suggested. These include the review of the Firearms Act 1959 to include far reaching provisions.
The Act should provide for the creation of National Commission on SALW. The research paper
is valuable to the policy makers, the security agencies and the entire citizens.
Keywords: Small arms, light weapons, challenges, proliferation, Nigeria. |
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