Overall, this present administration has been
burdened with the almost helpless situation of insecurity in the country. Many people have tried to proffer explanation as to the reason for this group’s action. Several causes come to mind. They include: religion, poverty, lack of education, unemployment and lack of social infrastructure.
Religion is embedded in politics of developing nations. This  embodiment has been poorly understood by some secular sects, hence creating a notion that religion is an obstacle to development. With reference to the global South, non Western traditional religion existed prior to the colonization era, and the religion shaped the way people were governed and ruled, hence creating a specialized politicized role for high priests and priestess, the colonial era established a political secular constitutional government that operated on principles of social morality inscribed into written law.
However, recent studies of political system in Nigeria have shown a paradign shift in the system of governance.
Consequently, political parties are divided along religious lines. This has resulted into inter-religious violence and killings.
The security of surrounding nations and the porosity of our boarders should not be ignored. Information from the media largely seems to suggest that a good number of attacks especially the herdsmen gun attacks are perpetuated by non Nigerians from neighbouring countries. The likelihood of these claims is reasonably high. Countries like Mali, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, have been experiencing rising insecurity in recent decade and in combination with our loose borders. It is possible that criminals from these places easily get into the country to cause problems.
Also, the presence of poor infrastructure in these countries provides, hidden training camps for terrorist movement to grow and design action plan without being caught.
The cost of war and terrorism in these places and indeed some places in northern nigeria is cheap. Most weapons are locally made coupled with large number of idle youths, who are easily lured into these groups, setting up an attack is not only affordable but logistically convenient.
Identifying these causative variables in the background of generalized poverty and religious fanatism will help the government and people of Nigeria to fashion out mitigation strategies to curb the tide of terrorism in the country.
The first and most critical step will be to change the perception of citizens to the idea of totalitarianism and the deadly consequences that come with it via intolerance and supremacist beliefs. Young people should be educated to appreciate the limit of their own knowledge and give room for open mindedness that will accommodate fresh ideas. By doing so, we will have a generation of Nigerian citizens who are willing to compromise and dialogue out differences rather than resort to frequent violent outburst and actions.
Much as government should sustain skill acquisition centres and donating aids, there is also the need to install measures to reduce poverty in the country. These provisions will automatically influence the environment and actively encourage young people to go into entrepreneurial ventures and become self-reliant.
It becomes incumbent on government to expend some of their revenue on public enlightenment and mass mobilization, in the area of awareness creation. In view of the large scale insecurity ravaging the country, facilities such as security cameras, metal devices capable of preventing easy access to sensitive areas become a sine qua non. Diplomatic outreaches to friendly neighbours should be put in the burner to win their co-operation and assistance in giving this hydra-headed problem of insurgency and terrorism a frontal attack.
Experiences from other parts of the world should be considered. The case of Uganda lords Army should be studied. Information gathering is a key element in the fight against terrorism. A close network of information gathering, exchanging and clear dissemination need to be put in place.
There will be need for mass training and re-training of professionals in the social media, information agencies and news gathering outfits.
All stakeholders are to be involved. For sure, Boko Haram insurgence is a clear cut case of carefully crafted and syndicated terrorism. There is certainly more that meets the eye. The most worrisome aspect of this  group is its pen chant for unmitigated human right abuses. Again, all hands should be on deck to curb this menace. This becomes even more important in view of the forth coming general election of 2015. Life and property of citizens are of utmost importance.

Concluded.
Ezeanocbie is of theFederal Information Centre,
Port Harcourt.

Mary Uchenna Ezeanochie