Youth Restiveness in Nigeria - 2293 Words

Societies are usually faced with the challenges of bringing up their young ones. This task of bringing up the young, making them members of the society in terms of culture, and imbibing positive attitudes and behaviours normally begins at home and continues in the school. This situation is normally described as socialization. When the process of socialization malfunctions, the result is not always favourable for the society. Many a times, the effort of the homes are thwarted by other factors that tend to inhibits internalization of cherished domestic values. Such factors like the peer and media tend to influence the youths to deviate from the acceptable norms and values. The gap between societies in these modern times has been bridged by development in communication technologies (CT), and so traditional societies become impacted by values changes from more advanced countries. To that effect, various forms of social challenges plague most modern nations these days. Most of these challenges are as a result of economic depression which manifest as unemployment leading to deviant behaviours among the youths. These anti-social behaviours usually become what is termed youth restiveness. Youth restiveness in Nigeria has been a prominent issue in recent times. There has been an increase in the occurrence of acts of violence and lawlessness, including things like hostage taking of prominent citizens and expatriate oil workers, as well as oil bunkering, arms insurgence, cultism,Show MoreRelatedSolutions to the Niger Delta Problems in Nigeria4181 Words   |  17 PagesSOLUTIONS TO THE NIGER DELTA PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA AN ASSIGNMENT WRITTEN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE DVS 512: TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY, NATURAL RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT BY ISU, DORATHY AKWUGO PG/MSC/07/46529 LECTURER: DR. OGAKWU INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU CAMPUS. 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