GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study evaluated the effect of youth restiveness on food security in Akwa Ibom State. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted in this study. The term ‘survey’ is commonly applied to a research methodology designed to collect data from a specific population, or a sample from that population, and typically utilizes a questionnaire, as well as, other survey instruments. For this study, a closed-ended questionnaire was utilised to get the needed information from the respondents. The 2018 projected population used by the Ministry of Economic Development for planning purposes, estimated at 5,451,277 people as follows; Female; 2,680,687 and Male; 2,770,590 which were adopted as the population of this study. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant impact of the activities of youths during protest period on the level of food security in Akwa Ibom state. Based on the findings of the study it was recommended that the security of human lives and properties by the government should be improved especially in the rural areas where agriculture is the mainstay of the people. This will encourage the people to go back to their farm settlements and continue with their cultivation of farm produce.

KEYWORDS: Youth Restiveness, Food Security, Akwa Ibom State