YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: A STRATEGIC INSTRUMENT TO CURB INSECURITY IN NIGERIA.

Abstract

The scourge of unemployment has ravaged almost all nations of the world in different dimensions. The Nigerian situation is further compounded by the recent economic crisis that has crippled businesses and the prospect of securing jobs for young people. In the light of the above assertion, this study examine youth empowerment as a strategic tool the curb insecurity in Nigeria. This paper relies basically on secondary sources of data consisting of
textbooks, periodicals, journal publications, and other documentary sources such as internet and published empirical research reports. The findings from the study reveals that youth unemployment has resulted in incessant crime such as kidnapping, armed robbery, militancy, oil bunkering, internet scam, car snatching, prostitution, murder, cultism among others. The study recommends that insecurity could be curbed through improving on infrastructure both in the urban and rural areas, revitalization of some collapsed industries, allocating more
money to education sector, providing enabling environment that will encourage development of entrepreneurship skills, establishing more vocational and technical schools, encouraging agriculture and fighting corruption.