CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND YOUTH’S RESTIVENESS IN OIL RICH NIGER DELTA REGION OF NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper examines corporate social responsibility and youth’s restiveness in oil rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Corporate social responsibility is the intelligent and objective concern for the welfare of society which restrains individual and corporate behaviour from ultimately destructive activities, no matter how immediately profitable and which leads in the direction of positive contributions to human betterment. The study argues that if business managers are known for their impressive performances by way of delivering
profits from operations within the region to shareholders, they have a responsibility to contribute to deliver on development of the local communities they live in to do business-developments that would create positive impacts on the people and society. Therefore, the paper concludes that the effective and efficient application of corporate social responsibility by oil and gas companies operating in the region would go a long way in reducing the level of youth restiveness, improve infrastructural development and sustainable peace in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.