Abstract
Nigerian state has been bedeviled by poverty and unemployment, one that has emerged due tothe failure of Nigerian government to perform her constitutional functions of providing hercitizenry with the basic needs of lives, especially employment through which food could beput on the table of the masses. Unemployment ravaging the citizens of Nigeria has becomedevastating, as it has grown to its climax that in the time past, senator Dino Melaiye, a senatorfrom Kogi west senatorial district once submitted on the flow of the house of senate that thehigh rate of youth unemployment in Nigeria is sending a signal that Nigerian state is sitting ona time bomb which could explode at any point in time if the menace is not quickly addressed.The Minister of labour and employment Chris Ngige once posits that the unemployment ratemay increase from 23.1% to 33.5% by this year 2020. The need to addressing this issue is thereason why this paper examines the causes of unemployment in Nigeria, and analyze the needfor the development of entrepreneurial skills, and the establishment of small-scale businesseas the panacea to the menace of unemployment in Nigeria. The paper adopted thediversification theory in explaining the need for Nigerian graduates to diversify from theattitude of searching for white collar jobs only to the idea of setting up and investing in smallscale businesses. This paper examines the impact of unemployment on Nigeria and suggeststhe establishment of small-scale businesses and entrepreneurial skills development as a wayto go in tackling the menace of unemployment in Nigeria. The paper adopted the secondarymethod of data collection as valuable information’s and data are retrieved from the readymade works of scholars and authors, while other information’s are gathered through thecommon-sense views and knowledge of the writer.
Highlights
WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA?Many factors accounted for the causes of unemployment in Nigeria. These factors as argued by this paper are bad governance, crawling economy, insecurity, over reliance on white collar jobs and corruption
The Nigerian State has long been entangled by poverty and unemployment
These stipulations of the constitution have been violated as Nigerian government have failed in her constitutional responsibility of guaranteeing altruism, that is, concern for the interest and welfare of others in the state, as selfishness and self-centeredness, corruption have signified in the character of Nigerian political leaders
Summary
Many factors accounted for the causes of unemployment in Nigeria. These factors as argued by this paper are bad governance, crawling economy, insecurity, over reliance on white collar jobs and corruption. This attitude tends to be the general mindset of almost all Nigerian graduates, as non is willing to start from the scratch or become an entrepreneur and small scale business owner It has gone a long way deepening the rate of unemployment in Nigeria, thereby leading to endemic poverty amongst the people. That is the situation in Nigeria as many unemployed youths no longer realize the consequences of crime as a result of frustration and have decided to take up criminal act as a means of survival at all means This is a great conflict on the nation which would never call for peace in Nigeria except quick response is taking by the government to tackle the increasing rate of unemployment in Nigeria. The fees depend on the area where the business is set up
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