DORCAS ADE YAJIR
Department of Psychology,
College of Education,
Katsina-Ala.
ROSE MBA IKYO
Department of Educational Foundation and Management,
College of Education,
Katsina-Ala
e-mail: [email protected]
ABSTRACT
Youth restiveness is a worrisome issue in most countries of the world, Nigeria inclusive. The paper defines youth as people within the age bracket of 18-35 years, who are yet to be considered as adults in the society. The paper highlights the causes of youth restiveness which include unemployment, bad governance, poverty, inadequate communication and information flow. The paper considers the effects of youth restiveness as being multi-dimensional, which include destruction of life and infrastructure, and ravaging the requisite human capital for producing the nation’s economic fortunes. The paper suggests ways of curbing youth restiveness and maintains that counseling is a service that could be applied by the counselor to modify behaviour in youth, which is detrimental to the society. The paper recommends ways of curbing restiveness in youths such as government and family providing security and good care for the youth, and engaging them in governance at all levels of government.
Keywords: Youth restiveness, curbing, sustainable development.