Perception of the Amnesty Programme and the Well Being of Ex-Militants in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined perception of the amnesty programme and the well-being of ex-militants in brass local government area of Bayelsa State. The study adopted the descriptive research design, population of study was 185,049, out of which a sample size of 400 was obtained gotten using Taro Yamane. A self-designed 18 items questionnaire was used in collecting data from the respondents. The retrieved copies of the questionnaire were collated, coded and analyzed using frequency and percentage to answer the research questions while chi-square is used to test the hypothesis. The findings revealed that the amnesty is real in brass local government area of Bayelsa State, amnesty programme has a significant influence on the well-being of ex-militants as the p-value = 0.013 is lesser than the alpha level = 0.05 with a X2-value of 114.9 and df = 21 as there is a perceived association between amnesty programme and the well-being of ex-militants. The programme has brought peace, reduce youths’ restiveness, and development in the Niger Delta.