Youths’ Restiveness And The Quest For Good Governance In Nigeria

Abstract

The pervasive and reoccurring nature of youth’s restiveness has plagued Nigeria for a while now thereby making the jest of the Nigerian society. Lawlessness, frustration, ethnic jingoism, unemployment and the poverty among the Nigerians at the bottom of the economic ladder have become riffed and provoked fear toward better stable Nigeria. This paper examines the core issues of the youth’s restiveness, agitations, attacks and counter attacks ranging from diverse regions and localities in Nigeria. The study adopted documentary sources of data collections such as textbooks, journals, magazines and newspaper publications on frustration theory. This paper contended that every facet of our national life has drifted into a state of lawlessness or a state of normlessness as people are becoming disappointed with the Nigerian project. The paper recommended the need for policy makers to engage the youths in entrepreneurial activities which will reduce the incidence of unemployment to a great extent and as such would have dealt a massive blow to the problem of criminality and lawlessness. There should be a check on declaration of assists before and after leaving an official office by our ruling class with parasitic instincts characterised by greed and primitive accumulation wealth and Our leaders must correctly evaluate the past, boldly assess the present so that we can make useful contribution to the glorious tomorrow for the generation yet unborn.