22 International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 22-28 DOI: 10.20448/2001.11.22.28 Effect of Ethno-Religious Crises on the Infrastructure of Wukari Town, Taraba State, Nigeria Abuh, Paul Ojochenemi 1 Joseph Lovely Amayll 2 Joshua Ogwuche 3 1,2 Department of Geography, Kwararafa University, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria. 3 Department of Public Administration, Kwararafa University,Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria. Abstract The study is aimed at Effect of Ethno-Religious Crises on the Infrastructures of Wukari Town in Taraba State. Using Cochran (1977) method of sample size determination, a total of 196 questionnaire was distributed to respondents. A total of forty (40) copies of the questionnaire was distributed each to T-Junction, Wapan Nghaku, Old BB and Mission areas. And thirty (30) was distributed to GRA extension. Purposeful and stratified sampling technique was use and the head of household or next elderly literate person in a household was the respondent. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data and the research covers the period of crises that occurred around 2012-2015 in Wukari town. The study indicates that housing is the most affected infrastructures with (43.39%). And this is responsible for out-migration and reduction of economic activities in the area. Also, the study reveals that the effect of the crises on infrastructures include decay and destruction of infrastructures (29.63%), inadequate manpower(28.04%), increase in rents(22.22%), and difficult banking services(20.11%). The study therefore, suggests religious tolerance, public enlightenment, discouragement of formation of ethnic militia and avoidance of mutual suspicion as a way of mitigating crises. The study concludes that peace remains the only factor for development. As such, all stakeholders must put in their best to ensure continuous co-existence among the people. Keywords: Ethno-religious Crises Infrastructures Nigeria Destruction Peace. Licensed: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Publisher: Scientific Publishing Institute 1. Introduction For decades now, Nigeria has been plunged into a constant violent activity of communal disputes. Hitherto peaceful communities are at each other's throat. Peoples that have cohabited peacefully in some instances for over a century are up in arms against each other (Mukhtar, Arooj, Ashfaq, & Gulzar, 2017). The Nigerian State, just as others in Africa, has been blamed for its inability to develop a way to accommodate the various ethnic groups that make up the country. Rather, Nigeria’s post -colonial policies fracture and dismember Nigerians, thereby sustaining bickering relations between its varied groups (Adejumobi, 2001). These conflicts are as a result of many fundamental issues. Specifically, the interplay of economic imbalance, political injustice, ethnic chauvinism (eagerness for national superiority), religious intolerance, and the nature of the global economy (Mukhtar et al., 2017). There have been several ethno-religious crises in Nigeria. The Maitatsine religious disturbances of 1980’s, Zango-Kataf crises of 1992 and Tafawa Balewa crises of 2001 among others. The impact on both political and socio-economic sphere is unimaginable as this has led to the destruction of life and property. Wukari Local Government Area is one among the 774 local government councils in Nigeria witnessing ethno-religious crises since 1991. The rate of the crises in Wukari has caused high rate of deaths, injuries and destruction of properties and has severely disrupted most economic activities. Charles, Andeshi, and Daniel (2014) defined ethno-religious violence as a state of affairs in which the relationship between members of one ethnic or religious group and another of such group in a multi-ethnic