YOUTH RESTIVENESS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

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The study examined how youth restiveness influences socio-economic development, in Cross River State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which youth involvement in drug abuse, cultism and armed robbery influences socio-economic development. Related literature was reviewed based on the variables of the study. The research design for this study was the survey research design. The sampling techniques that were adopted for this study were the multistage sampling technique using clusters, systematic, purposive and simple random sampling techniques. The study sample consisted of ten thousand, eight hundred (10,800) youth selected from the study area. The instrument used in collecting data was a questionnaire tagged Influence of Youth Restiveness on Socio-economic Development Questionnaire (IYRSEDQ). Based on the research questions, a simple percentage was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that drug abuse, cultism and armed robbery affect socioeconomic development. It was recommended among others that parents, guidance counselors, schools and religious bodies should intensify efforts at the propagation and re-orientation of morals and values to the youths. This will help to reduce the intake of drugs and other harmful substances. The government should formulate strategies or policies that can reduce and if possible eliminate cultism-related activities. The government should create more jobs and also make the environment to be business-friendly for youths that may want to venture into entrepreneurship. This will help to keep them eliminate armed robbery activities.

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