DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2018.v05i09.002

Pages: 813-821

Since the past decade or more Nigeria has witness an unprecedented security challenges occasioned by the activities of militants in the South-South region of the country, kidnapping in the South Eastern part, violence armed robbery in almost parts of the country political assassination, ritual killings and more recently activities of Boko Haram in some parts of the Northern region especially North East. These social activities then put together impinge on the insecurity of lives and property of both Nigerian citizens and foreigners living or even trying to invest in the country The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of insecurity on distributions of consumers and industrial products to the resident of Omoku town in Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area in Rivers State. the population of the study was drawn from the senior lecturers from Federal Technical College Omoku from various department, senior managers of oil services companies operating in Omoku town and women and men that are doing business in Omoku main market; also data was sourced through primary and secondary sources. These data collected were presented and analyzed by means of content analysis. The result generated indicated that insecurity has adverse effect on distributions of consumers and industrial products to the residents of Omoku town. The study also indicated that, insecurity has some negative Implications for Human Wellbeing and Economic Development and also cause of insecurity is as a result of unemployment, political, poverty, bad group, illiteracy, corrupt government officials factors. The researcher made conclusion and some recommendation on the study, that Federal and State Government should take amnesty program very serious and ensure that all entitlements and promises made to the beneficiary are paid and fulfill, federal and State Government should create more job opportunities , establish more industries and organize more skill acquisition program to reduce