Nnyouth restiveness in nigeria pdf

Keynote address at the international seminar on the petroleum industry and the nigerian environment, hotel presidential, portharcourt, nigeria. Poverty and youth restiveness in nigeria an evaluation of. Youth restiveness and insecurity began with agitation and demands by the youths in the niger delta societies for their rights economic, political and. To be candid, in nigeria, it is becoming fashionable to use restiveness, terrorism or militancy as a. Over the years, nigeria was experienced series of attacks, agitations, restiveness and. The focus of this research paper is on the causes and effects of youth restiveness and militancy in the niger delta region of nigeria, as perceived by. Youth restiveness in nigeria has been a prominent issue in recent times. Young people all over the world are a v ital and important segm ent of the society in which th ey live. Curbing youth restiveness and empowering the nigerian youth through functional quality education better understanding, quantitative and logical reasoning that could help nigerian youth to find their footing and look out for alternatives and means of creating jobs for themselves in this. The challenges of youth restiveness in northern nigeria cida. The words youth and restiveness have become so commonly used together in the last couple of years that it seems. A total of 200 national youth service corps members were sampled from 1200 batch b 2012 benue state.

This chapter explores the goals of undergraduate university students in nigeria s niger delta region, drawing on data from 23 indepth interviews, 7 focus group discussions, and a survey of 267. Youth restiveness, causes, effects, curbing, counselling. The study examines the incidence of youth restiveness in nigeria and how this has affected nigeria s security and sustainable development. A nigerian newspaper and online version of the vanguard, a daily publication in nigeria covering nigeria news, niger delta, general national news, politics, business, energy, sports. Restiveness among youths globally and those in nigeria has become a behaviour pattern. The study was a survey designed to investigate causes, effects and ways of curbing youth restiveness in nigeria. Socioeconomically, politically or ethnoreligiously motivated youth restiveness in nigeria is not a recent thing. Youth restiveness, militancy and the intractable problems of the niger delta by austin emaduku this lecture was delivered on october 1, 2016, as part of. This paper examines youth restiveness in the niger delta region of. One of the manysided effects of environmental injustice in the niger delta is youth restiveness which metamorphosed into proliferation of. This paper investigated social conflict in the southsouth region of nigeria, and the challenges it posed to foreign investment in nigeria. Causes, effects and ways of curbing youth restiveness in. The study was based on secondary sources of information. This article, which relied on secondary sources of data, critically examines youth restiveness in the niger delta and contends that the root cause is the legal environmental laws that provided the.

This paper examines youth restiveness in the niger delta region of nigeria, and the challenges it posed to nigeria democracy and foreign investment. Eleg beleye 2005 vividly captures th e landmark cases of y outh restiveness in nigeria. Pdf the challenges of youth restiveness in northern. For instance in niger delta despite the a mnesty declaratio n.

Pdf young people are vital to the future of any nation. Niger delta youth restiveness and socioeconomic development of. Unemployment and youth restiveness in rivers state. The youths were seen as young people who are still in the most active period. Causes, effects and ways of curbing youth restiveness in nigeria. The paper used secondary source and personal observation. Youth restiveness in nigeria has been a prominent issue in recent limes because there has been increase in the occurrence of acts of lawlessness and violence.