1 YOUTH MOBILIZATION AS A VERITABLE TOOL TO ERADICATE ETHNIC CONFLICT IN NIGERIA: AN EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT. By Dr. OLALEYE, Yemisi Lydia Department of Social Work, University of Ibadan, Nigeria E-mail: yemisi1957@yahoo.co.uk Yl.olaleye@mail.ui.edu.ng Mobile no: +2348037139098 and AYODELE, Kolawole Olanrewaju PhD Babcock University Ilishan,Ilishan-Remo Ogun State, Nigeria E-mail: ayodelewole@gmail.com Phone: +2348060253428, 08055676925 Abstract The study examined the mobilization of youths against violence to eradicate ethnic conflict. Youth violence is a complex issue that stems from individual, relationship, community and societal factors. Multiple personal and environmental factors affect youths’ violence. Conflicts take place where political power holders favour their ethnic group politically and economically, while, excluding other ethnic communities. The stratified random sampling technique was adopted in selecting the respondents according to the local government areas. The survey research design was adopted. A self-report youth mobilization and ethnic conflict Questionnaire constructed by the researchers was used to elicit information from the respondents. The face and content validities of the instrument were ensured while its reliability was ascertained through a test-re-test method with a coefficient of 0.68. Four (4) research hypotheses were raised to guide the study. The collected data were subjected to appropriate descriptive (simple percentages, means and standard deviation) and inferential (Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and ANOVA) statistics. The result indicated a convergent relationship was observed between the use of youth mobilization as a veritable tool to eradicate ethnic conflict among Nigerians (r = .439, p < 0.05). Also, it was found that gender (F (1249) = 8.369; P < .05), educational levels (F (2,249) = 6.869; P < .05) and age (F (1,249) = 8.143; P < .05) significantly influence the differences observed in the use of youth mobilization for ethnic conflict eradication. It was, therefore,