PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES, PROSPECTS AND THE WAY FORWARD

PHILIPS, OLUBIYI. O (2019) PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES, PROSPECTS AND THE WAY FORWARD. In: 10th National Conference of the School of Management Studies (SMS), 26th – 29th August, 2019, International Conference Centre, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Ogun State.

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Abstract

This paper addresses philosophical reflections on the problem of youth unemployment in Nigeria. The paper argues that contrary to the positive reflection of their potentials, the face of the youth in Nigeria reflects poverty, deviance, criminality, hopelessness, spiritual wariness and political lethargy. This paper notes that the collapse of values, ethics, and morality also strikes at the heart of abrasive corruption which in turn dwarfs or reverses the processes of youth development. The paper thus discovers a robust positive relationship between corruption, youth unemployment and poverty in Nigeria. The paper is composed of five sections. Section one deals with introduction, while section two deals with conceptual clarifications and review of literature in which the concepts of youth unemployment, corruption and poverty are examined. In section three, the paper look at the relationship between corruption and high rising youth unemployment in Nigeria and found that corruption more than any other single factor has been and is still responsible for Nigeria’s poverty. It is against this background that the paper in the fourth and final section recommends amidst others, value reorientation, requisite employment strategies and moral instruction as panacea to the menace of youth unemployment in Nigeria.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Miss Ayomikun Ogunbadejo
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2020 12:29
Last Modified:	04 Aug 2020 12:29
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1093

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