SOCIO ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA CASE STUDY OF EKET L G A
ABSTRACT
Unemployment has become a global challenge which culminated into various social-economic problems. The implication is the rise in prostitution, crimes and other vices and low self esteem to victims. The study x-rays types of unemployment of causes, its social and economic effect and some suggestion on how to combat the increasing rate of unemployment. Questionnaires were distribution and collected and a sample was drawn from the population for a test and the chi-square (X2) statistical method was employed in the test of hypothesis. It was observed through the finding that unemployment hinders growth and development and also recommended that government should tackle the menace of unemployment more seriously
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction
Unemployment is one of the development problems that face every developing nation is the 21st century. It has become an increasingly trouble some issue that nations of the world need to contend with.
In Nigeria, it has become one of the most serious socio-economic problems confronting the country the magnitude of this is appreciated when one looks at the statistics provided by the federal Bureau of Statistics on the number of unemployed youth roaming the bears of Nigeria cities let alone the rural youths.
The Nigeria economic, since the attainment of political independence in 1960 has under gone various fundamental structure changes in the bid to grapple with the menace called unemployment.
Unemployment is a situation is which people who are willing to accept job offers, willing to work and will to accept giving wages rate could not find any.
The in ability to find any, is most cases, hinders development of any country as labour forces are not active to give the economy accelerated production of goods and services.
Consequently, the socio-economic environment becomes porous to social vices and economic draw back or reforgression thus arranging the nation into circumferential movement. It therefore become interesting to clelve into researching the impact of unemployment in the socio-economic activities of the people and country at large and proffering steps towards alleviating the gargantuan problems unemployment has created in the nation generally.
SOCIO ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA CASE STUDY OF EKET L G A