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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия:  Государственное и муниципальное управление</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8313</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1228</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">24024</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8313-2020-7-2-124-134</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>International Experience of Public Administration</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Международный опыт государственного управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Militia Counterinsurgency: Perspective on the Motivations of Civilian Joint Task Force Militia Participation in Northern Nigeria</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Антиповстанческое ополчение: взгляд на мотивацию участников гражданского ополчения в Северной Нигерии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gana</surname><given-names>Modu Lawan</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гана</surname><given-names>Моду Лаван</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">PhD, lecturer of the Department of Public Administration</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат политических наук, преподаватель кафедры государственного управления</bio><email>gana.lawan@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Политехнический институт Маи Идрис Алума</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 7, NO2 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 7, №2 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>124</fpage><lpage>134</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-06-20"><day>20</day><month>06</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Gana M.L.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Гана М.Л.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gana M.L.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гана М.Л.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/24024">https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/24024</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">Since the year 2013, Nigeria’s northeastern region epicenter of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency waging war for the establishment of an Islamic State has witnessed mass participation of people in a civil militia group. The militia group colloquially describing itself Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) was formed to combat the Boko Haram rebellion. Perhaps, the participation of the CJTF in the combating activities was reportedly influential in reducing the Boko Haram hostilities in most communities. Prior to the CJTF, the counterinsurgency approaches of the Nigerian governments’ Special Joint Task Force and the Multinational Joint Task Force of the Member States of Lake Chad Basin Commission was faced with lackadaisical performances. Whereas the CJTF was reportedly successful, however, the interrupted participation of the people despite the attendant human and material cost has risen suspicion among the population and the critical literature about the groups’ true motivation. This article, therefore, investigated the motivations of the CJTF in northeastern Nigeria. The study was conducted through a qualitative approach designed in a case study. The data was collected from thirteen informants from three groups - CJTF, Community Leaders and State/Local Government authorities. The technique of data collection is in-depth interviews and non-participant observation. The finding revealed personal incentive factors of monetary/material gains, and the futuristic interest of employability drives peoples’ participation. To address the economic interests of the CJTF and as a panacea to prevent the manifestation of the security threats associated with the CJTF group, the study recommends for the establishment of charity centers to receive contributions from well to do citizens to ameliorate the economic needs of the participants. The government should also propound strong legal mechanisms to regulate the activities of the CJTF militia.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">С 2013 года северо-восточный регион Нигерии, являющийся эпицентром восстания исламистской группировки Боко Харам, ведущей борьбу за создание исламского государства, продемонстрировал массовое участие людей в формировании гражданского ополчения. Для борьбы с восстанием Боко Харам была сформирована группа ополченцев, в разговорной речи называющая себя «Гражданская совместная целевая группа» (CJTF, ГСЦГ). Возможно, именно участие ГСЦГ в боевых действиях оказало влияние на сокращение военных действий «Боко харам» в большинстве общин Нигерии. До ГСЦГ подходы к борьбе с повстанцами Специальной совместной целевой группы правительств Нигерии и Многонациональной совместной целевой группы государств в бассейне озера Чад не получали позитивного отклика у населения. Однако в то время, как действия ГСЦГ были в целом успешны, несмотря на сопутствующие человеческие и материальные потери, некоторые действия повстанцев привели к росту подозрений среди населения об истинной мотивации группы. Поэтому в этой статье были исследованы мотивы ГСЦГ в северо-восточной Нигерии. Исследование проводилось с применением качественного метода, данные были получены от тринадцати информаторов из трех групп - ГСЦГ, лидеров сообществ, органов власти штатов и местных органов власти. Методика сбора данных - углубленные интервью и наблюдение за участниками. Полученные данные позволили выявить личностные факторы стимулирования людей к участию, основанные на денежной / материальной выгоде и интересе к будущему трудоустройству. Чтобы удовлетворить экономические интересы членов ГСЦГ, и в качестве универсального средства для предотвращения угроз безопасности, связанных с этой группой, в исследовании рекомендуется создать благотворительные центры для получения взносов от состоятельных граждан, чтобы улучшить экономическое положение участников группы. Правительство должно также разработать сильные правовые механизмы для регулирования деятельности ополченцев ГСЦГ.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>militia</kwd><kwd>Civilian Joint Task Force</kwd><kwd>counterinsurgency</kwd><kwd>motivations</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Нигерия</kwd><kwd>ополчение</kwd><kwd>Гражданская совместная целевая группа</kwd><kwd>антиповстанческая борьба</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Bamidele O. Civilian Joint Task Force’ (CJTF) - A Community Security Option: A Comprehensive and Proactive Strategy to Counter-Terrorism. 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