Nigerian Street Children: A Reservoir for Boko Haram (Terrorism)

Abstract

This study was aimed at finding out the density of street children in Nigeria, as to understand the dangers, in which street children constitute and the potential danger posed to society. The research work was carried out on five selected hang-outs of street children in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria. A survey questionnaire was administered on a sample size of twenty five selected hang-outs children camps in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State. A four point Likert-like rating scale was secured as the instrument for data collection and the questionnaire was faced vetted and validated for data collection. The respondents indicated the extent of their agreement to the items based on the scale points; strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree The responses were weighted against the options and the mean score derived by summing the weighted scores and dividing it by total number of responses.