Youth Unemployment in Nigeria
YOUTH UNEMPLOY
MENT IN NIGERIA
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FROM THE ROOT
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FROM THE ROOT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
✓ ABSTRACT ✓ INTRODUCTION ✓ THE EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA ✓ CAUSES OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ✓ LIFE INVESTORS FOUNDATION: INTRODUCTION ✓ THE WORK PLAN • ENTERPRISES • WORK STUDY • RESEARCH ACADEMY ✓ OTHER STRATEGIES • ANTICORRUPTION TEAM • COLLATERAL BOARD • RESOURCE AND INFORMATION CENTRE • PROJECT RESUSCITATION • YOUTH PARLIAMENT ✓ CONCLUSION ✓ REFERENCES
✓ ABSTRACT
Youth unemployment in Nigeria has eaten deep into the agile and intelligent youths who despite the lack of jobs cannot do without activities. They get involved in crime, juvenile delinquencies, cultism, indecent partying and other social vices. I see a future where the agility of Nigerian youths would become effective productive resources to develop a Nigeria which shall be a desirable country for all to live in.
In this essay, I discuss the effects of youth unemployment on the average man in a local community and on the security of the entire nation. I then identify the foundational causes of youth unemployment in Nigeria, and proffer youth-led solutions which I am convinced if implemented will set the pace for other countries.
I propose a progressive foundation: “Life Investors Foundation” whose aim is to invest in lives to reap the profits later by training youths who will become world-class sought for employable graduates. The methodology to be employed is to capture youths at the early stages of reaching an employable age (15 to 24). They include young school leavers and undergraduates, who will be initiated into the work field early, helping them to gain enough experience and knowledge of the value systems and principles of the work environment and learn the skills needed for effective productivity before completing their tertiary education. There will be an
MENT IN NIGERIA
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FROM THE ROOT
SOLVING THE PROBLEMS FROM THE ROOT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
✓ ABSTRACT ✓ INTRODUCTION ✓ THE EFFECTS OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA ✓ CAUSES OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ✓ LIFE INVESTORS FOUNDATION: INTRODUCTION ✓ THE WORK PLAN • ENTERPRISES • WORK STUDY • RESEARCH ACADEMY ✓ OTHER STRATEGIES • ANTICORRUPTION TEAM • COLLATERAL BOARD • RESOURCE AND INFORMATION CENTRE • PROJECT RESUSCITATION • YOUTH PARLIAMENT ✓ CONCLUSION ✓ REFERENCES
✓ ABSTRACT
Youth unemployment in Nigeria has eaten deep into the agile and intelligent youths who despite the lack of jobs cannot do without activities. They get involved in crime, juvenile delinquencies, cultism, indecent partying and other social vices. I see a future where the agility of Nigerian youths would become effective productive resources to develop a Nigeria which shall be a desirable country for all to live in.
In this essay, I discuss the effects of youth unemployment on the average man in a local community and on the security of the entire nation. I then identify the foundational causes of youth unemployment in Nigeria, and proffer youth-led solutions which I am convinced if implemented will set the pace for other countries.
I propose a progressive foundation: “Life Investors Foundation” whose aim is to invest in lives to reap the profits later by training youths who will become world-class sought for employable graduates. The methodology to be employed is to capture youths at the early stages of reaching an employable age (15 to 24). They include young school leavers and undergraduates, who will be initiated into the work field early, helping them to gain enough experience and knowledge of the value systems and principles of the work environment and learn the skills needed for effective productivity before completing their tertiary education. There will be an
References: ➢ OGBIMI, F.E (2007) “Solutions to mass unemployment in Nigeria” -----------------------