SLUM MANAGEMENT AND INSECURITY IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT): AN EMPIRICAL PESPECTIVE

Abstract

The study was set out to examine the effect of slum management on insecurity in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A cross sectional survey design was employed where one hundred and seventy-three questionnaires were designed and administered to staff and management of the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAPSDGs) and National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) in Abuja. Simple regression analysis and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, ver.21) was utilized for the analysis of data collected for the study. The findings show that there is a positive significant relationship between slums management and insecurity in the FCT. Based on
the findings, the work recommends that, government agencies saddled with the responsibility of managing villages outside the city centre (slums) should ensure that these villages are develop and slums are reduced to the barest minimum within and around the FCT in order to improve security level in the city centre.