Examining The Consequences Of Unemployment Amongst Youths In Abia State, Nigeria

Abstract

Unemployment has been a major issue confronting most developing countries due which Abia State in Nigeria is part of thereby experiencing the associated effect from it. This study attempted to assess the consequences of unemployment amongst the youths in Abia State, Nigeria. The study adopted survey design whereas chi-square was used to analyse the data collected. The study used a total of three hundred respondents; hundred respondents were selected each from the three senatorial districts in the State using stratified sampling technique. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data for the study with a pilot study conducted to test the validity of the instrument used. The empirical result shows that youth unemployment has significant effect poverty level in Nigeria. The study also discovered that significant efforts has made by the government to eradicate the high rate of poverty in Nigeria. These results were arrived at by analysing the data generated via a well-structured questionnaire administered on indigenes and non-indigenes resident in the three senatorial districts of Abia North, Abia Central and Abia South of Abia State. The study recommended that government among other things should establish industries to ensure that jobs are created for the teaming unemployed youths as well as a review of previous policies that were implemented to eradicate unemployment so as to enable policy makes know the loopholes which existed in such policies.