EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA 2000-2010

📄 Project Abstract

Poverty has been described as the unacceptable living standard orchestrated by absolute lack of basic amenities of life, clothing, and lack of proper food, lack of portable drinking water, Unemployment and poverty have been the greatest challenges of the Nigerian government, especially, the Kogi State government. This led to lack of empowerment for the youth which posed threat of insecurity to nuclear families of Kogi people, the government at all levels and entire citizens. All efforts by Kogi State government since 2000 have not actually yielded much positive results. Unemployment has been persistent, despite the government's efforts in tackling it with all kinds of institutionalized policies, decrees/acts and other enabling laws/enactments, such as National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Poverty Alleviation Programme (PAP), National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategies (NEEDS), and government's Public Service Reforms. Thes...