YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ON SECURITY IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF OFU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE (2019-2023) BY ILEH ENE JANET MATRIC NO: 22PS1134 BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THEDEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, FACULTY OF SOC

ABSTRACT This study examined the youth unemployment on security in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The main objective of this study, thus, was to examine the rate of unemployment in Ofu Local Government, examine the effects of youth unemployment on security in Ofu Local Government and to find out possible ways on how youth unemployment can be reduced in Ofu Local Government. The study anchored on the Theory of Surplus Value, the Human Security Approach and the Relative Deprivation theory. This study employed both quantitative and qualitative methods, to interrogate the effects of sustainable security and youth unemployment, YaroYamni statistical formula was used in selecting 202 respondents of which 200 participated. The assessment was performed with the use of a self-structured validated questionnaire which was administered to the respondents. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze the data collected. Findings from the study revealed that majority (80.2%) of the respondents in Ofu Local Government were unemployed. It equally revealed that unemployment is responsible for high crime rates among youths in Ofu Local Government.The study therefore recommends among others that government needs to put in several efforts to address the plight of youth unemployment in Ofu Local Government by engaging youths in some skills or other things that could free them from poverty, hunger, diseases and social justice. It is the deficiency of these values among the generality that has provoked human resource to crime and violence.