TITLE:
Terrorism among Youths in Nigeria: Implication for National Stability and Integration
AUTHORS:
Rotimi Adebayo Animasahun
KEYWORDS:
Terrorism, Poor Education, Unemployment, Poverty, Insurgency, National Stability
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.9,
September
22,
2015
ABSTRACT: Youth violence, terrorism and gangsterism had seriously affected on
Nigeria’s security, economy and social development. This study appraised
terrorism among youths in Nigeria, looking at poor education, unemployment and
poverty as some of the specific identified factors prompting the menace. The
survey research design was adopted for this study. Data were collected from
both primary and secondary sources. Multistage simple systematic random
sampling technique was adopted in administering a questionnaire consisting four
validated instruments to 300 youths (150 males and 150 females) in the study
area. Secondary sources of data included the report of United Nations Secretary
General 2003, poverty rate, unemployment level and damage incurred due to
violence and terror attack. Pearson product moment correlation and multiple linear
regression analysis were used in testing the stated research questions and
hypotheses. The result of the findings in research question (1) showed that
there was a significant positive relationship between independent variables
(poverty, unemployment and poor education) and dependent variable (terrorism)
among youths in Nigeria: poverty (r = 0.812, P 2 = 0.748
= 75% of the variance at P β = 0.384, t = 7.584, P β = 1.585,
t = 3.264, P β = 1.006, t = ﹣2.213, P