Assessment of Militancy Activities on Rural Dwellers in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

Militant activities in the oil-rich Delta region have been wanton and continuous with dire health, social and economic consequences for its people, for over three decades. The study assessed militancy activities in rural areas of Delta State, Nigeria. Study was carried out using multistage sampling technique to draw respondents from the three zones of Delta State Agricultural Development Programme. Respondents were selected from seven (7) cells located within five (5) blocks namely Oshimili South, Aniocha, Ughelli South, Warri North, Warri South. Farmers within each community were selected purposively, making a total of seventy (70) respondents. Both descriptive (frequencies and percentages) and inferential statistics (Chisquare and t-test) were used in data analysis. Result revealed that 75.71% of the respondents were males while 22.29% were females. Majority (60%) of the respondents had at least a secondary school education while 85.71% were married. Only 25.71% had over 25 years of farming experience with 32.86% having less than 1 hectare of farmland. Also, 50% of the respondents strongly agreed that the government should be blamed for the crises in the State while 41.31% strongly disagreed that militants are to be blamed.