**4. What Are the E**ff**orts and Strategies towards Preventing Boko Haram's Recruitment: National, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs), Sub-Regional and Regional Responses?**

This part of the article is categorized into three sub-sections. The first section examines the response at the national level, where the emphasis was on the administrative and legislative roles initiated by the Nigerian governmen<sup>t</sup> to counter Boko Haram's recruitment. Also, the analysis goes further to examine the roles played by religious groups (faith-based organizations) and civil society organizations in stemming the recruitment strategy deployed by Boko Haram. The third sub-section examines the role of sub-regional and regional actors such as the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC),

<sup>19</sup> Interview with a former resident of Bama Local Government in Maiduguri, 19 June 2019.

the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the African Union (AU) in countering the recruitment ability of Boko Haram operating in the Lake Chad area.
