Youth’s Unemployment and Oil Pipeline Vandalism: A Study of Warri South-West L.G.A of Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigates the nexus between youth’s unemployment and oil pipeline vandalism using Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria as the study locale. With the aid of the study objectives, hypothesis was formulated in the study. The survey research design was adopted in the study. A sample size of 397 was adopted from the population of the study using Taro Yamane formula for sample size determination. The simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were variously applied in this study at different stages. The summation of all the responses was presented using frequency distribution tables and simple percentages, while the chi-square statistical tool was used to test the hypothesis formulated in the study. The test statistics reveals that there is a significant relationship between youth unemployment and oil pipeline vandalism in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State. The study concludes that, incidents of oil pipeline vandalism that is prevalent in our contemporary society is attributed to high rate of unemployment ravaging our teeming youths in Nigeria. The study recommends among others that, philanthropists, corporate bodies, and government at large should endeavour to reduce the increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria by creating job opportunities at the local, state, and national levels as this will enable our teeming youths to be gainfully employed and stay away from engaging in oil pipeline vandalism.