Assessment of the Opinion of Youths on the Use of Sports and Vocational Education for Crisis Management in the Niger Delta Region

The study was carried out to assess the opinion of youths in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria on the use ofsports and vocational education in crisis management. To effectively carry out the study, five null hypotheseswere formulated to guide the study. The survey research design was used for the study. The sample for the studycomprises of one thousand youths purposively sampled from the nine oil producing states commonly referred toas the Niger Delta region. A self generated questionnaire tailored towards a four point Likert type was used forgathering information. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained by a test-retest method using the PearsonProduct Moment Correlation Coefficient and the reliability of 0.87 was ascertained. Percentages and mean wereused in analysing the demographic data while Chi-square was used in testing the hypothesis at 0.05 level ofsignificance. The result of the findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between sporting activitiesand crisis management. The study also revealed that there is a significant relationship between vocational skillacquisition through vocational education and crisis management. Age, level of education and parentalbackground significantly influence the opinion of youths on the use of sports and vocational education for crisismanagement. It was recommended that government and well meaning Nigeria should help to provide facilitiesand vocational skill acquisition centres in the Region.