YOUTHS UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN NIGERIA: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES
Abstract
This research study examines the youths unemployment and poverty in Nigeria. The broad objective is to examine the impact of unemployment on youths poverty, including assessing the causes of youths unemployment, evaluating government interventions, and exploring the socio-economic consequences on youths well-being. The study adopted the qualitative method and the structural unemployment theory. It also adopted the secondary method of data collection and content analysis. The study therefore revealed, among other findings, the identification of various youths unemployment and poverty issues across regions of Nigeria, the causative relationship between youths unemployment and poverty in Nigeria, and the impact of acquired educational skill mismatch and youths unemployment in Nigeria. It recommended targeted skill acquisition, awareness campaigns, policy implementation, promoting entrepreneurship and agripreneurship, tackling of regional disparities and collaboration between education providers and the labor market in order to create sustainable opportunities for the youths.
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