IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

IIARD International Journal of Economics and Business Management (IJEBM )

E-ISSN 2489-0065
P-ISSN 2695-186X
VOL. 10 NO. 8 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijebm.v10.no8Sept.2024.pg67.84

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Socio-Economic Effect of Drugs and Substance Abuse on Youths’ Productivity Within Mubi Metropolis, Mubi North Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Slemem Lamba, Phillips Panotani Asaph, Godwin Boniface (Ph.D)

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Abstract

The study investigated the socio-economic effects of drugs and other illicit substances abuse on the youths’ productivity within Mubi metropolis of Mubi North and South Local Government Areas, Adamawa State. The study used 150 well-structured questionnaires to collect primary data from respondents within the metropolis. Rational expectation model was adopted as theoretical framework while triangulation method was used as a comprehensive and standardized research design. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) was used for data analysis. The overall results revealed that there is high incidences of drug and other illicit substances abuse among the youths within the metropolis. It findings further indicated that youths’ productivity is highly and negatively affected by the drug abuse within the study area. This implies that many youths in Mubi metropolis abuse drugs and other illicit substances and it has seriously affected their health and labor productivity. The study therefore recommended that government, community and religious leaders, civil society organizations (CSO) and non-government organizations (NGOs) must begin and sustain a serious campaign and sensitization of youths on the dangers of abusing drugs and other illicit substances on their health conditions and by extension their labor productivity. The study also recommended that all people working in the transportation sector must pass through the processes of drugs screening or test before being issued with driving license.

keywords:

Drugs abuse; Youths’ productivity, economic growth, Youths.

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