CHANGING EMPLOYMENT CONTEXT AS A STRATEGY FOR ENDING AGITATION OF SELF-DETERMINATION IN SOUTHEAST NIGERIA

Abstract

South East Nigeria has witnessed series of social unrest as a result of self-determination and this has resulted to loss of lives, properties and decline in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state which has been ascribed to the rising of unemployment rate. This study seeks to examine changing employment context as a strategy for ending agitation of self-determination in South East Nigeria with a particular study of Anambra State. The study adopted survey research design. The population will be drawn from the people who live in the Anambra State. Purposive sampling technique will be used to select Anambra State among the six South East Nigeria States. Simple random sampling technique will also be used to select the sample size of the study. The instrument for data collection will be questionnaire structured on four (4) point Likert scale. The questionnaire items will be based on the research questions. Pilot study will be used to test the reliability of the study and the coefficient value obtained that is 0.60 and above will be taken to mean that the instrument is reliable for the study. The study will adopt the use of mean score to analyse data gotten from the copies of the questionnaire while simple regression analysis will be used to test the formulated hypotheses. The results will be highlighted, conclusion reached and recommendations made.