IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IJSSMR )

E-ISSN 2545-5303
P-ISSN 2695-2203
VOL. 10 NO. 11 2024
DOI: 10.56201/ijssmr.v10.no11.2024.pg.102.113

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Empirical Analysis of Effect of Youth Empowerment Practice on Nigeria’s National Development

Chukwu Peter Damian Ezechi, Ph.D, Onoh, Uloma, Adonye, E. A. Adegun

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Abstract

This study is carried out to analyse the effect of youth empowerment on national development in Nigeria. Survey research approach was adopted for the study with emphasis on the use of questionnaire to collect data sourced from respondents. The result of the study showed that there exists positive and significant relationship between education and national development of Nigeria with a coefficient value of 0.521 and sig. value of 0.000 which is lower than 0.05 level of significance. Also, employment and financial support for youth empowerment has positive coefficients of 0.044 and 0.069 respectively. The study conclude that the heterogeneity that exists among the youth empowerment programs variable as it relates to national development call for re-engineering in order to explore the potential growth virtues embedded in the youth empowerment practices that are yet to be used by nations. The study recommended that there is need for continuous strategic positioning of youth empowerment to reflect current economic realities.

keywords:

Nigeria, Education, Employment, Youth Empowerment, National Development

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