Author(s)

Uche A. Dike

Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Yenagoa, Nigeria.

The paper is a research work on various social problems dominant in the Niger Delta. It focuses on youth restiveness and Ogba people system of traditional rulership referred to as Ogba theocracy in this paper. Its highlights is that this form of government could be used as a means of quelling Adamic sins represented in this context as youth restiveness. It pointed out some of the causative factors to Niger Delta problems. They include economic, political, oil industry, resource control, indiscipline, gangsterism etc. as major issues to Niger Delta constraints.

Ogba Land, Theocracy, Niger Delta, Restiveness, Resource Control, Marginalisation

Dike, U. (2015) African Theocracy: A Panacea to Niger Delta Youth Restiveness. Open Journal of Philosophy, 5, 211-216. doi: 10.4236/ojpp.2015.54026.