EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AS A TOOL FOR ENHANCING NATIONAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA'S INSECURITY AND ECONOMIC CRISIS

This paper appraised the teacher as the millennium nation builder and reveals that his role is invaluable and immeasurable. Security as pointed out by this paper is the condition of safety, freedom from danger and defense from physical harm. The paper logically stated that human beings blossom in security and is spontaneously determined by the need to maximize available resources to guarantee their physical, physiological and psychological welfare. This implies that security is not only restricted to protection from physical harm. Security also involves existence of environmental factors that instill peace of mind in an individual in order to empower him to function in the society effectively. It also thrashed out that only the state has the capability to assure security and save society from lawlessness. In the paper as well, insecurity is conceived as a situation where human and national security of a state is compromised by internal forces aggravated by ignorance, unemployment, poverty, poor economic conditions, corruption, treacherous politicians, inadequate security personnel, etc. The paper furthermore elucidate how those invaluable and immeasurable teacher’s roles will facilitate in combating incessant kidnapping, banditry, cattle rustling, herders/farmers clashes and any other security and economic challenges. Finally, recommendations were made on to address the issues.