Combating Insurgency Against Boko Haram: Impact Of Troops' Morale On The Operational Efficiency Of The Nigerian Military (original) (raw)
The broad objective of this study was to establish the impact of troops morale on the operational efficiency of Nigerian military in combating insurgency against Boko Haram. To achieve this, three objectives were stated and three research questions were raised. A descriptive research design was used to carry out the study. The population of this study was 13,500. 13,200 of this population was the strength of the Nigerian Military troops participating in the counterinsurgency operation in NorthEastern Nigeria at the time of the research. 200 were members of Civil Society Organizations, and 100 Retired Security Personnel from the different states covered by the study. The sample size was 744 respondents, obtained through purposive sampling technique. 720 of the respondents were Soldiers, 15 Civil Society Organizations, and 30 retired security personnel. The study obtained its data from both qualitative and quantitative primary sources, and were triangulated using the mixed method. A researcher-design questionnaire tagged Troops' Morale and Operational Efficiency Questionnaire (TMOEQ) was used for the data collection for the study. A reliability index of 0.86 determined through Pearson Product Moment Correlation, was used to validate and test for reliability. Frequency counts, percentage mean and standard deviation were used to analyze quantitative data obtained from questionnaire. The key findings of the study identified that; affective morale significantly relate to the operational efficiency of the Nigerian military counterinsurgency against Boko Haram. It further established that goal morale significantly relates to the operational efficiency of the Nigerian military counterinsurgency against Boko Haram, as well as interpersonal morale, among other findings. The study concluded that there is need for the Nigerian military to review its counterinsurgency strategy to reflect the human dimension of military operations, which has been long neglected. The study recommended that the government should as a matter of urgency, address the issues bordering on the morale of soldiers.
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