Abstract
This study examined the N-Power programmes and Unemployed Nigerians under the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government. The year 2016, was the actual year the programme started in Nigeria to make an impact on the lives of unemployed ones. The N-Power programmes are into three parts: N-Power Volunteer Corps (N-teach), N-Power Knowledge and N-Power Build. From our study, the programme has immensely gotten some numbers of unemployed Nigerians more engaged, more productive and more resourceful on duty. Looking at the Nigerian bureau of statistics 2018 data showed a 23.1% increase in unemployment for the third quarter of 2018 which brought the whole figure of the unemployed in the country to over 21 million Nigerians. In addressing this problem, the federal government in their own wisdom initiated N-Power as one of the social intervention programmes in the country. In addition to that, we suggest to the federal government to ensure that curriculum in schools are restructured in a way that two years are used in entrepreneurial studies in a four years duration course in the university and by so doing students shall not have the mindset of looking for job after school but rather having the mindset of creating jobs for themselves and others. And the federal government need to ensure that students are taught how to solve ‘’social problems’’ not just to pass exams and come out with good grades! The very rich ones in the world are so rich because of knowledge economy and innovations. Keywords: N-Power, programme, Unemployed, and Nigerians DOI : 10.7176/JRDM/54-08 Publication date : April 30 th 2019
Highlights
The number of unemployed Nigerians rose by 3.3 million to 20.9 million in the third quarter of 2018(Q3’18), a report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown
The Director-General of N-Power in Niger State, Muhammed Usman, said aside the social engagement of youth, the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Buhari has used its Social Investment Programme (SIP) to boost the economy of states across Nigeria
Recommendations and Conclusion From the study, the federal government N-Power programmes has done massively well in ensuring that reasonable number of unemployed Nigerians are engaged fruitfully. This is a welcome development but there is need for the federal government to increase the number being taken on yearly basis by cutting cost of governance and at the same time ensure that senior N-Power sets are given exist package after their duration
Summary
(Q3’18), a report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has shown. The NBS in its Labour Force Statistics –volume 1: Unemployment and underemployment report for Q3’18, indicated that year-on-year (YoY) the rate of unemployment rose by 3.3 million or 19 percent to 20.9 million in Q3’18 from 17.6 million in Q3’17, while on quarterly basis, it rose by three percent from 20.3 million in Q2’18. N-power addresses the challenge of youth unemployment by providing a structure for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomes to fixing inadequate public services and stimulating the economy (Npower, n.d). It is a platform for diversifying the economy. 2.1 N-Power Volunteer Corps (Teach Programmes) 2.1.1 N-Power Agro N-Power Agro Volunteers will provide advisory services to farmers across the country They will disseminate the knowledge that has been aggregated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the area of extension services.
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