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ABSTRACT This study investigated the socio-economic factors that influenced youth restiveness in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria; using Akwa Ibom State as a case study. To achieve the objective of this study, which is to examine how Socio Economic factors influence Youth Restiveness in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were formulated. Literature reviewed according to the identified variables, (poverty, unemployment). Survey design was adopted. A multi-stage sampling technique (‘stratified, cluster and simple random sampling,) was also applied. The population of the study comprised the ten (‘10,) oil producing local government Areas of Akwa Ibom State. Taro Yamene and percentages were applied to select a sample of .425 Youths. This was based on ratio and proportion. The questionnaire entitled “The socio-Economic Factors and Youth Restiveness Scale (SEFYRS) was the instrument used for data collection. It was designed on the modified 4-point likjert response scale types of SA, 5, D, SD and subjected to face validation by my supervisors and expert in the field of measurement. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to establish the reliability estimate of the instrument. Population ttest, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA,) and linear regression statistics were used to analyze the data collected. The stated hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analyses showed that all the three hypotheses were rejected, and found among others that socio-economic factors significantly influenced youth into restiveness in the region. It was concluded that socio-economic factors in the society was the main reason of restiveness in the state. The study therefore recommend among others that concerted efforts by both Federal and state Governments in collaboration with the oil companies operating in the region be geared toward the establishment of skill acquisition centers for youths empowerment in each local government Areas of the region. Key Words: Socio-economic, youth restiveness, poverty, unemployment, Akwa Ibom State