Enhancing the Role of Youths in Poverty Alleviation and National Development in Nigeria

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2015 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 2 Issue 2

Year of Publication : 2015

Authors : Duru and Patricia Nnenna

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V2I2P103

How to Cite?

Duru and Patricia Nnenna, "Enhancing the Role of Youths in Poverty Alleviation and National Development in Nigeria," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 2,  no. 2, pp. 15-28, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V2I2P103

Abstract:

This paper analyzed the poverty situation in Nigeria and the role youths can play in alleviating it. Poverty is a condition characterized by chronic deprivation of resources necessary for adequate living. Nigeria is a rich nation with very strong economy but majority of the citizenry are living in poverty. Statistics show that the rate of poverty has been on the increase since 1960 even as the population is increasing. About 71 percent of Nigerians live on less than one US dollar a day and 92 percent on less than two dollars a day. Corruption, unemployment and unequal distribution of the nations resources are key factors to the issue of poverty in Nigeria. If the youths become part of policy making and implementation in addition to giving them adequate education and entrepreneurial studies, they will be empowered to help fight poverty which has become chronic in the nation. As future leaders their potentials have to be maximized to contribute both to individual and national development.

Keywords:

Enhancing, Youth, Poverty alleviation, National development.

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