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Causes, effects and solutions to youth unemployment problems in Nigeria

@article{Uddin2013CausesEA,
  title={Causes, effects and solutions to youth unemployment problems in Nigeria},
  author={P.S.O. Uddin},
  journal={Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences},
  year={2013},
  volume={4},
  pages={397-402}
}

• P. Uddin
• Published 1 August 2013
• Economics
• Journal of Emerging Trends in Economics and Management Sciences

The purpose of this paper is to look into the causes, effects and solutions to youth unemployment problems in Nigeria. The rate at which unemployed graduates roam the street after the National Youth Service constitutes social malice to the country as a whole. The data for this paper was collected from secondary sources using descriptive approach of previous researches and analysis of scholars to gather empirical data. The findings revealed that unemployment in Nigeria among youths are caused by six major problems and six major effects which has created tension and hatred between the haves and have not, leading to communal clashes and the rise of such groups such as Boko Haram, Niger Delta Militant, armed robbery, prostitution and child trafficking constituting hiccups to security of lives and properties. Also, the findings revealed that unemployment in Nigeria increased from 21.1% in 2010 to 23.9% in 2011 with youth unemployment at over 50%. From 2011 to 2013 there is an increase of 16% unemployment growth rate in Nigeria. Significantly, the impact of this paper is that government should create labour market that work better for the youths employment and recommends that the government should invest heavily on education to enable the youth become self-reliance instead of job seekers through skills development and training.