A Survey On Nigeria Politics And Economic Development
[A CASE STUDY OF SECOND REPUBLIC]

1.3 SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY 

The significance of the study is to: 

(1) Serve as data base for general community by allowing items to draws talents and skill from the largest number of information given. 

(2) It also helps the youths in the sense of dignity and value, and also alerts both ruler and ruled to duties and responsibility and broadens their political understanding. 

(3) It serves as a reference materials to researchers and future writers. 

(4) To help government planners derive useful material for planning purpose, for examples, non-existences of a social welfare scheme which has turned our youths in to endless searcher for daily bread. 

1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 

The physical and imaginary constraints encountered by the researcher in the process of collecting data for this project include. 

Financial constraints is one of the limitation of this project work lack of sufficient fund, this projects work does not cover much areas as intended. It would have been intensified to cover more than what this project contain now. 

However, this research work is limited to the roles of Nigeria youth in politics since 1993 to date as the scope. Insufficient time in carry out the research is another constraint that the researcher encountered during this project. The response of those interviewed is another problem the researcher encountered. They were not fully willing to give out information as required. Therefore showing down the pace of the researcher’s work. 

1.5 AIMS AND OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 

The aims and objectives of this study is to protect Nigeria image in democracy, to preserve Nigeria culture and tradition in politics, to liberate its people from the yolk of military regime. 

These and many more were what the union (Nigeria youth in politics) stood for. And also to protect the image of Nigeria democracy through proper enlightenment given to the youths on why they should participate in politics. 

To ensure that the youths are liberated and developed in line with customs and tradition guided Nigerian democracy. To make the youths aware of the need for safe guarding democracy in Nigeria. To inject political education and orientation into the minds of the youths at initial or early time. 

1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS YOUTHS

Williams (1965) defined polities as a social process characterized by activity involving rivalry and cooperation in the exercise of power that culminating in the making the decision for a group. Politics is derived from a Latin world POLITICUS which in turn is derived from the Greek polis or community. Politics stems from the associated desire and purpose. It is a group phenomenon because man who have similar desires and purpose can decide to form a group where two or more such groups exist in a society conflict is inevitable especially when it come to pursuing a similar goal. The conflict may or not resolve within the framework of government, machinery. Politics also regarded as an activity which group of people engages themselves in the society. 

Electron means the process of electronic a group of people for a position especially political position. 

Embezzlement: - Use of public fund for private benefit diversion of public fund into private account. 

 Corruption: is an effect, act, dishonesty or illegal that making somebody changes from moral to immoral standard of behaviour. 

Participation: is the act of taking part or become involved in activity or event. 

Violence: is behaviour that is intended to hurt or kill somebody.