solving youth unemployment in Nigeria The federal government recently inaugurated inter-ministerial committee on job fair to address all the identified barriers to job creation and sustainable livelihood in the country‚ OLUGBENGA SALAMI writes Tell those graduates to stop combing here and there for jobs. If there are no lucrative offers of employment‚ they should establish themselves by starting something. Unemployment is a pest that has and still eating deep into the fabric of Nigeria. Let them
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25‚ 2012 Is Nigeriaâs Unemployment Problem Unsolvable? M.A. Adawo‚ E.B. Essien and N.U. Ekpo Department of Economics‚ University of Uyo‚ Uyo‚ Nigeria Abstract: Unemployment in Nigeria is alarming. Its measurement by statistical authorities does not pose red alert. It has been discovered that the observed situation of unemployment is more serious than what official statistics want us to believe. The aim of this study is to examine unacceptable unemployment rate in Nigeria. Our findings show that
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Youth Unemployment in Nigeria INTRODUCTION Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world with a population of 154‚ 729‚000 citizens. Our nominal GDP is $207. 116 billion and we have a nominal per capita income of $1‚ 4011. Nigeria also has the second largest economy in Africa. If I may ask‚ is this country not blessed? Yet‚ it is still plagued by youth unemployment which had been one of our major problems in recent years. Both government and
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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
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YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Unemployment arises whenever the supply of labour exceeds the demand for it at the prevailing wage rate. Causes of unemployment can therefore be analyzed from both the supply and the demand sides of the labour market in Nigeria. On the supply side‚ there is the rapidly growing urban labour force arising from rural-urban migration. Rural-urban migration is usually explained in terms of push-pull factors. The push factors include the pressure resulting from man-land ratio
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INTRODUCTION Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the eighth most populous country in the world with a population of 154‚ 729‚000 citizens. Our nominal GDP is $207. 116 billion and we have a nominal per capita income of $1‚4011. Nigeria also has the second largest economy in Africa . If I may ask‚ is this country not blessed? Yet‚ it is still plagued by youth unemployment which had been one of our major problems in recent years. Both government and the private sector had discussed
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NIGERIA’S HIGH RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT 18 Sep 2013 The government should move fast to curtail the scourge The chairman of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Employment Programme (Sure-P)‚ Dr. Christopher Kolade‚ has bemoaned the rising rate of unemployment in the country‚ saying that no fewer than 40 million Nigerians are without jobs. Even before Dr. Kolade spoke‚ Nigerians were already aware of the dire situation as unemployment rate in the country has been increasing over the years. According to
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The case of youth unemployment in Nigeria has been a popular discourse with various perspectives to causes and consequences of unemployment. The rate of youth unemployment has been alarming according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In 2004‚ young people aged between 15-24 years made up 52.9% of the total number of unemployed persons while those aged between 25-44 made up a further 41.1% . It is also estimated that there would be 14 million new entrants into the labour market between 2009-2011
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PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION‚ UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS‚ LAGOS ‚ NIGERIA. ABSTRACT This paper examines causes of unemployment in Nigeria as well as the consequences and implications of graduate unemployment in Nigeria. The paper also provides useful suggestion and recommendations on how to curb graduate in Nigeria. The paper adopts empirical analysis to examine the causes of unemployment in Nigeria. The data used in this study is of two type primary and secondary data. However‚ for
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POVERTY‚ UNEMPLOYMENT AND GROWTH IN NIGERIA: THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Raheem Olasupo Akewushola Department of Business Administration and Management Technology Lagos State University‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria. Olawale Ibrahim Olateju Department of Business Administration and Management Technology Lagos State University‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria. Oludare Tolulope Adeyemi Dimension Consult Limited‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT This paper identified crucial factors influencing the growth and development
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