YOUTH RESTIVENESS AND NATIONAL SECURITY: COUNSELLING IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Youth restiveness in Nigeria has become alarming and now of serious concern. Almost all the communities in this country, most especially in the recent past, has witnessed one form of restiveness such as violent protest, Thuggery, cult clashes, riots, killings of the innocent people, which has also lead to the cost of lives and properties and slowing down developmental goals. The focus of this paper is to examine the concept of youth restiveness in Nigeria, National security, major causes of youth restiveness in Nigeria, the youth and National security, the government approach towards curbing youth restiveness in Nigeria, and the counseling implications. It is therefore recommended among others that government should provide functional and free education to its citizen in order to take the children out of street.