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Youth Involvement In Political Violence And Thuggery In Nigeria
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1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The
purpose of this study is to examine the causes and implication of youth
involvement in violent related activities in the Nigerian political
space. The specific objectives of the study are as follows:
i) Identify the origin of political violence in Nigeria.
ii) Identify the factors that facilitate thuggery in Nigeria.
iii) Identify the various ways of addressing violent activities and thuggery in Nigeria.
iv) Identify the effect of political violence and thuggery in Nigeria.
v) Identify the reasons for youth involvement in political violence and thuggery.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
i) What is the origin of political violence in Nigeria?
ii) What are the factors that facilitate thuggery in Nigeria?
iii) What the ways of addressing violent activities and thuggery in Nigeria?
iv) What are the effect of political violence and thuggery in Nigeria?
v) What are the reasons for youth involvement in political violence and thuggery in Nigeria?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The study is hoped to be significance to parents, politicians, youth
and the government. The result of the study will serve as a base for
taking paper actions towards reducing violence and thuggery in Nigeria.
The study will also serve as a stepping stone educational guideline on
the youth involvement in political violence and thuggey. It is important
to argue that the enormity of the problems of political violence in
Nigeria is very great, since achievement and the failure is
significantly perceived by Nigerian society youth and government as a
core determinant of success in life, solution to this problem should be
found out.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This project
is based on youth involvement in political violence and thuggery in
Nigeria. The study also examined some special factors, causes and
effects of political violence and thuggery in Nigeria.It is limited to
Yewa South Local Government in Ilaro, Ogun State.
1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
1. Political violence: refers to all collective attacks with a political community against the political regime.
2.
Politics: The art of science of government or governing especially the
governing ofa political entity such as a nation and the administration
and control of its internal and external affairs.
3. Thuggery:
The act of physical violence as could be performed by thugs.the oxford
dictionary of curt English (1998), defined thuggery as violence act or
behavior by ruffians. Its is observed that thuggery has relationship
with violence activities.
4. Youth: The condition of being
young, the appearance, freshness, vigor puberty, spirit etc. the early
period of life from puberty to attainment of full growth adolescence.
5. Hooliganism: is the disruptive or unlawful behaviour such as rioting, bullying and vandalism.
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