THE ROLE OF LAW IN PROMOTING SOCIAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Consistencies about issues relating to human social interaction, mutual awareness, social norm and social order all smack of social stability. Theories addressing social issues abound and remain crucial for the development and advancement of human society. The social stability of any given society could be the result of a process of which commencement was beak and murky but traversed hurdles of varied social problems. This article aims at analyzing the role that law plays in ensuring social stability in Nigeria. The doctrinal research method was adopted, and the data collected were both primary and secondary comprising of both hard copies and online source materials. It was discovered that the challenges of the Nigeria nation in terms of social instability are not inadequacies of laws but the want of live in the laws and their proper implementation. Thus, it was recommended that for law to play its role in Nigeria in ensuring social stability, State actors must show true commitment towards its implementation. Instilling life on laws that guarantees human rights, welfare of the citizen, equality and justice, food security and poverty alleviation, quality education for the citizenry will not only guarantee security but will also suppress and silence the drums of wars and unrest heralding the Nigeria air.