1) The document discusses the management of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria following conflict with Boko Haram. 2) It examines factors influencing where IDPs settle, how host communities view and relate to IDPs, and the effects of increased population on common resources. 3) Through qualitative interviews, focus groups, and observations, the research finds that while hosts initially accepted and sympathized with IDPs, relations have transformed to rejection and hostility, in part due to overuse of resources and disputes over access to lands and water.

1. From Hosting to Hostilities: Managing Post Boko Haram
Displacement in Yobe, Northeastern Nigeria
Lawan Cheri
Centre for the Study and Promotion of Cultural Sustainability, University of Maiduguri - Nigeria
cheriboy28@gmail.com; +2348036555611
HUSO2019, Toronto
Center for the Study & Promotion of Cultural Sustainability, University of Maiduguri

2. Concepts & Study Area
• Internal Displacement (intra-
national migration)
• Scarcity of Common Pool
Resources
• Scarcity of Public Facilities
• Aridity, Desertification, Migration
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Map of Nigeria showing Yobe state (The Study Area)

3. Research Questions
• What are the factors that determine choice of destination for intra-
national migrants?
• To what extent are host communities accepting and sympathising
with Internally Displaced Persons?
• What are the effects of IDP population on the management of
Common Pool Resources in Yobe state?
• What informs the nature of relationship between hosting
communities and Displaced Persons?
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4. Qualitative
8 FGD
Sessions
18 Interviews Observation
Pragmatism
Analysis Thematic Content Analysis Using QDM
Methodology
Findings
Instruments
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5. • Design: Qualitative Survey Design
• Sampling technique: Cluster, Stratified, Purposive
• Population: Host (2,532,395), IDPs (113,014), Forest Officials (1,091)
• Target Population: Host (432,280), IDPs (23,039), Officials (1,091)
• Sample size of 400 respondents using Yamane (1967) formula
• Instruments: Interview, Focus Group Discussion and Observation
• Data analysis: Thematic Content Analysis (TCA)
Methodology
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6. IDP Site for making Pestle and Mortar along Kalallawa, Damaturu Local Government

7. “They call us Yan Gudun Hijira
(migrants), call our children Yayan
baki (children of settlers) and
attribute all types of crime to us
as if nothing bad was happening
in the community before we
came” Alhaji

8. Desiccated River Gagarechiya signifying scarcity of water resources

9. River Komadugu-Yobe, the main resource for fishing and irrigation in Yobe state.

10. “There were instances of skirmishes over water
along the Garin Gada fishing area that resulted in
destructions and reprisal attacks between the
IDPs and the host communities, which was later
settled by the management team of the ministry
through the police, and traditional rulers” (Official
of Yobe Ministry of Environment).
Word Cloud: The bigger font is indicative of level of impact on the relationship
between Displaced Persons and their Hosts

11. Improper waste disposal in Nayinawa community in Damaturu with high number of Internally Displaced Persons

12. Conclusion
The research concludes that settlement of displaced persons
affect both sustainability and management of common pool
resources especially forestlands and water bodies.
Consequently, it transforms the relationship between Displaced
Persons and Host Communities from acceptance and sympathy
to rejection and hostility.
Department of Public Administration, University of Maiduguri

13. FGD with male respondents in Geidam town
FGD with female respondents in Fika town

14. The researcher acknowledge
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD),
SDG Graduate School – Performing Sustainability, Cultures and Development in West Africa
The Centre for World Music,
Universitat Hildesheim (Germany),
University of Maiduguri (Nigeria); and
University of Cape Coast (Ghana) for sponsoring this research work