Causes, effects and ways of curbing youth restiveness in nigeria. The economic challenges facing african youth warrant responsible leadership by governments and international partners. Assessment of the contribution of cooperative societies in. Youth restiveness, academic background, socioeconomic. Youth involvement in criminal activities in nigeria is not a recent phenomenon. Youth restiveness, the age range, they are delimited to have a flair for quick money and fast life adebayo, 20. Youth restiveness, causes of youth, restiveness introduction the development of youths who are the potentia1leaders of any given country the world over, ought to top the. Pdf niger delta youth restiveness and socioeconomic. By peter osalor the words youth and restiveness have become so commonly used together in the last couple of years that it seems to. Youth in development policy united states agency for. The paper used secondary source and personal observation. Nigerias security and sustainable development yusuf abdu yusuf department of public administration, faculty of social and management sciences, bauchi state university, gadau. Youth programmes are ostensibly designed to tackle the perennial youth restiveness, idleness and deviant behaviours that come to characterize youth activities in some countries.
Abstract over the years, nigeria was experienced series of attacks, agitations, restiveness and blests ranging from diverse regions and localities. Pdf sustainable curbing of youth restiveness in imo. Youth development is about young people being connected. Half of this population is under the age of 30, and 1. The aim of the present study is to test the relationship between academic background, socio economic status and gender and their implications for youth restiveness and educational development in rivers state. One element in the contradictions underpinning nigerias development crisis is the marginalisation of the youth. Youth development indicators united nations for youth. I first became interested in this research in 2005, when i learned about the grant program and the many discussions going on among youth service workers about how 21st cclc was. Youth restiveness in nigeria has been a prominent issue in recent times.
The impact of women empowerment on poverty reduction pdf. Youth restiveness, causes, effects, curbing, counselling. Youth economic development is increasingly important with more than 1. Through education, action and empowerment, youth and economics can lead to social transformation and engagement in range of ways. Niger delta youth restiveness and socioeconomic development of nigeria. In the case of nigeria, youths have participated in politics, engineer agitation for environmental protection, electoral. It could also be a combination of any action or conduct that constitutes. The words youth and restiveness have become so commonly used together in the last couple of years that it seems to have taken on a life of its own. The descriptive survey research method was adopted and the study covered a population of 96 people randomly selected from 20 autonomous. The african youth charter and a rightsbased approach in youth employment ntions 16 box 3. 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 youth development strategy aotearoa is based on a positive youth development approach and a common understanding of what needs to happen for young people. The human development report 2006 summarizes the economic and social costs of conflict in the niger delta region of nigeria. First draft national youth economic empowerment strategy 6 executive summary the south african population is currently estimated to be at 48. Issn 2224607x paper issn 22250565 online 0565vol 2, no. Rationale for students preparation and entrepreneurship. Recent experiences in nigeria with youth restiveness in the niger delta region and youth gang clashes in lagos and other cities are largely. Ikunga department of history and diplomatic studies ignatius.
The results showed that dissatisfaction of the people of niger delta especially the youths on the level of attention given to the development of their region and the. As the focus of this paper is on youth development, a prime example is the need for community leaders, pastors, parents, and fellow youth to support and engage in development programs geared towards youth. The study examines the incidence of youth restiveness in nigeria and how this has affected nigerias security and sustainable development. This article examines the factors that influence youth restiveness in nigerias niger delta region. Youth development indicators the world youth report 2005, young people today, and in 2015 makes a strong argument for scaling up investments. Undergraduates perception of causes of youth restiveness. The aim of the present study is to test the relationship between academic background, socioeconomic status and gender and their implications for youth restiveness and educational development in rivers state. Economic costs of youth disadvantage and highreturn. The national youth economic empowerment strategy and. The violent nature of youths activities has not only resulted in wanton destruction of valuable infrastructures for sustainable development in many cases. Poverty and youth restiveness in nigeria an evaluation of the boko haram crisis. The implications of youth restiveness on the socioeconomic.
This paper examines youth restiveness in the niger delta region of nigeria, and the challenges it posed to nigeria democracy and foreign investment. Apart from the fact that it provides employment opportunities and income for youth, it reduces youth restiveness, and promotes entrepreneurship and skill development nnadi and akwizu, 2008. The youths have been identified as an essential section of any countrys population because of their contribution to economic and democratic development. This report pdf, 36 pages describes the barriers that disadvantaged youth, particularly young men of color, face related to education, exposure to the criminal justice system, and employment, and how improving the opportunities would benefit the united states. Youth employment interventions in africa 9iii list of boxes box 2. The strategic role of entrepreneurship development. Over the years, nigeria was experienced series of attacks, agitations, restiveness. Youth unemployment and poverty in nigeria oduwole, tajudeen adebowale department of sociology, faculty of liberal arts. The effects of unemployment and antisocial activities of youth on. Perceived solutions to youth restiveness by guidance. Aligning youth employment interventions with the plan of action for the au decade of youth empowerment and development, 20082019 18. For instance, chukwuemeka, anazodo and nzewi 2011 found that dissatisfaction of the people.
Youth, rural development, agricultural development, agricultural diversification, farm constraints. The youth development approach has six key principles. The concept of youth restiveness economic exploitation. The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of dfid and odi. Youth participation in dry season vegetables cultivation has been of immense benefits in the urban centres.
Niger delta youth restiveness and socio economic development of nigeria article pdf available april 2010 with 145 reads how we measure reads. Youth restiveness in the niger delta sage journals. As leaders, youth can themselves play an important role in the promotion of economic development. This study examined curbing youth restiveness in imo state. Causes, effects and solutions to youth unemployment. Economic empowerment and development strategies needs in 2003 among others. The implications of youth restiveness development of ikwerre nation emohua local government area department of history and diplomatic studies abstract emohua local government area is one of the four local government areas that make up the ethnic nationality of ikwerre in rivers state, nigeria. The impact of women empowerment on poverty reduction. An evaluation of the bokoharam insurgency abstract this research titled, poverty and youth restiveness in nigeria was studied with a particular attention to bokoharam insurgency this research was aimed at ascertaining the causes of poverty, to determine the linkage. Pdf this paper examines youth restiveness in the niger delta. According to peter osalor in an article published in the december 24, 2012 edition of the vanguard newspaper, a sustained protestation embarked upon to enforce a desired outcome from a constituted authority fits the label of youth restiveness. The composite unemployment in nigeria increased from 3. It discusses the impact of conservative elite politics and the oilcentric political economy characterised by the impoverishment, neglect and the repression of.
Teachers should place more value on character transformation and value rsorientation of learners more than certificate. A case study of selected cooperative societies in dunuko. Causes, effects and ways of curbing youth restiveness in. This study assesses the following factors which may figure prominently in explanation of womens increasing empowerment 1 socialeconomic development 2 rising gender equalization attitudes that transform economic development into cultural process of human development 3 historical. You never change things by fighting the existing reality. Again, experiences over the past few decades suggest a shortcoming of topdown approaches to development. According to them youth restiveness has been a device through which youth use to obtain what they want from the relevant authority 20. The nature of the social political and economic environment which had prevailed in the country. The crux of democracy is dependent on the desires of the population which such government serves. Resources, exploration, deprivation, restiveness, development. Niger delta youth restiveness and socioeconomic development of. Youth and economic development in africa an issues paper. Economic costs of youth disadvantage and highreturn opportunities for change. In the context of youth and economic development, leadership is a multilayered phenomenon characterized by two main features.
Poverty and youth restiveness in nigeria an evaluation of. Niger delta youth restiveness and socioeconomic development of nigeria article pdf available april 2010 with 145 reads how we measure reads. The implications of youth restiveness on the socio. In particular, as a christian community, the local church is responsible for their youth not only in the realm of spirituality and faith, but in. The prolonged and sluggish nature of economic growth in most african countries has impacted adversely on the wellbeing of young africans.
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