Abstract:

The absence of a formidable structure for peacebuilding counselling and security development hampers the development of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria resulting to both economic, political as well as social challenges to the inhabitants of the nation as a whole and the Niger Delta region in particular. This study examined how education counselling can influence the promotion of peacebuilding specifically in Ughelli North Local Government of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria and its ability to reduce structural violence already being experienced in the region. The study adopted the quantitative descriptive survey method using primary sources of data collection such as the questionnaire and literature reviewed from secondary sources like journals, books, and online articles. For the primary data, a sample size of 1000 was adopted for the questionnaire from a population of 441,600 after using Cronbach Alpha to test the level of reliability of the instrument. The results from the test of correlation between peace education counselling and national peace building showed a significant relationship between the two variables with a mean score of above 164 in support of a significant relationship as against less than 25 against. This showed the level of appreciation and relevance of peace education counselling. It is recommended that peace education counselling be used by teachers and owners of schools and National Education Policy Makers incorporate this into the school curriculum to lay a proper foundation of peace for the younger generation in tandem with the idea of catching them young.

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