HUMANITARIAN MISSIONARIES OR AGENTS OF IMPERIALISM? A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN NORTH-EAST NIGERIA, 1999-2020

Abstract

The paper critically examines the role of Development Partners and Non-Governmental Organizations in the management of internally displaced persons in North-East geo-political zone of Nigeria, from 1999 to 2020, during the peak period of monumental humanitarian crises that claimed thousands of lives, destroyed properties and displaced millions of people from their communities, creating humanitarian crises that overwhelmed the state and federal government. It traces the origin and factors that triggered the crisis. The involvement of Development Partners and Non-Governmental Organizations in the management of the crisis. The work critically analysed the impact of development partners and non-governmental organization, issues that aroused and challenges that confronted the two agencies in the course of discharging their duties during the period of our focus. It concludes that inspite of allegations and criticisms against their motives and operations in the North-East Development Partners and Non-Governmental Organization overnment played pivotal role in the management of internally displaced persons in the North-East Nigeria during the surveyed period.