the Boko Haram. Roughly 80 percent of the businesses in Kano had to close down due to power failure and security challenges caused by attacks. In the capital city of Borno, Maiduguri, a major market known as Market Monday was drastically hit by the Boko Haram causing over 10,000 shops to shut down . Banks were said to be affected by the Boko Haram's violent attacks, and caused them to shorten their hours from eight to three hours to minimize the risk of getting hit by the Boko Haram; limiting citizens to their finances. Citizens and the government had to pay for the retribution of damages caused by the Boko Haram. This stalled the economy in the northeast region because businesses were leaving, people began to lose jobs, and there was less money going into the local economy. Conflict impacts child health through multiple pathways. Foreign investors began to withdraw their money from Nigeria because of the state of conflict Nigeria is in and the degrading economy as a result of the Boko Haram; causing Nigeria to lose 1.33 trillion dollars in foreign investments. Nigerian refugees who were displaced or just seeking refuge from the Boko Haram migrated to neighboring countries such as Cameroon, Ghana, Niger, and Chad. Majority citizens migrated to the southern half of Nigeria where there are more opportunities for work, better economy, and more security. This further plays into the socioeconomic divide between the north and the south of Nigeria where the south is more financially stable from lack of conflict, government funding, and the oil industry in the Niger Delta. References Metz, 1992. Further reading Decker, Stephanie. "Building up goodwill: British business, development and economic nationalism in Ghana and Nigeria, 1945–1977." Enterprise & Society 9.4 (2008): 602–613. online Ekundare, R. Olufemi. An economic history of Nigeria 1860-1960. (1973). Falola, Toyin, Ann Genova, and Matthew M. Heaton. Historical dictionary of Nigeria (Rowman & Littlefield, 2009) online. Hopkins, A.G. An economic history of West Africa (1973). McPhee, A. The Economic Revolution in British West Africa (1926). Martin, Susan M. Palm oil and protest: an economic history of the Ngwa region, south-eastern Nigeria, 1800-1980 (Cambridge University Press, 2006). Robinson, Ronald, and Jack Gallagher. Africa and the Victorians (1961). External links Syllabus: "Economic History of West Africa in the 19th And 20th Centuries" by Dr. Alex Amaechi Ugwuja