ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE REDUCTION OF YOUTH RESTIVENESS AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGER STATE: A CASE STUDY OF CHANCHAGA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

The study examines the role of entrepreneurship of in the reduction of youth restiveness and unemployment in Niger State with specific focus on CHANCHAGA Local Government Area and how this has affected her peaceful co-existence and development. Poverty, unemployment and lack of access to quality education, among others, have been responsible for this unprecedented increased restiveness. Entrepreneurship empowers youths technically through entrepreneurship training to cope with the changing times and productivity using their entrepreneurial skills for setting and sustaining enterprises. Issues of youth empowerment, skill development, instructional materials, curriculum content and effective teaching methodologies to curb youth restiveness were conceptualized. The study, which was correlational, was based on three (3) research questions and three (3) null hypotheses. A sample of three hundred and sixty (390) respondents was selected through stratified-random sampling technique. Data was collected through a self-developed questionnaire and analyzed using mean scores, standard deviation and Analysis of Variance. The findings of the study indicated that development of infrastructures and physical facilities, textbooks, staffing, consumables and expendables for practical lessons are adequately available. Policy content and methodologies for the effective implementation of entrepreneurship programmes reflects the course of National Policy of Entrepreneurship in Nigeria and that entrepreneurship programmes are practical oriented as it motivates youths to work as a teamwhich have helped in inculcating entrepreneurial skills successfully. It was recommended among other things that the government via the Ministry of Youth Development should emphasize on the practical aspect of entrepreneurship programmes, support vocational training institutions in the provision of more manpower, facilities and materials needed to ensure that entrepreneurship education will equip and empower students for self-reliance and employment