DILEMMA OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY DEBILITY IN NIGERIA

A MARRIAGE OF INCONVENIENCES

Abstract

Youth unemployment and poverty havebecome cancerous phenomena in Nigerian democratic era.It stems from the fact that the control of power is now the fastest means of amassing wealth. This study therefore argues that youth unemployment and poverty have brought about national underdevelopment, violence and economic instability in Nigeria and African continent by  extension.Review and trends analysis was adopted as the research design, and as such, the study discovered that,youth employment;
poverty alleviation and economic development are compromised, and these have relatively underdeveloped Nigeria. The implication of these findings is that Nigerian youths are not only frustrated but also criminally prone and impoverished. The paper conclusively submits that Nigerian youth's unemployment and the problem of poverty have emanated from internal because of de-industrialization and de-agriculturalization. Among other suggestions, the paper therefore recommends that Nigerian policy packages of G8 countries whose transformations are almost non-existent or painfully slow as their ideological basis for economic analysis and development in Nigeria should be put to an end. It is only when Nigerians come to full realization that they can use what they have to development themselves that we will begin to expect light in the long awaited dark tunnel.