Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options

The level of unemployment amongst the old and young people in Nigeria is not only outrageous but seemingly on the increase, notwithstanding the presence of all economic major resources together with several policies, programmes, and projects of successive administrations. Governments, at various lev...

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Main Author: Paul Ojonemi Salisu
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Published: The Academic Research and Publishing UG (i. G.) (AR&P) LLC 2022-06-01
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description The level of unemployment amongst the old and young people in Nigeria is not only outrageous but seemingly on the increase, notwithstanding the presence of all economic major resources together with several policies, programmes, and projects of successive administrations. Governments, at various levels, have adopted different measures to reduce unemployment and poverty rates with little or no significant effects. This study, therefore, attempts to focus mainly, on Human Capital Development (HCD) and Public Private Partnership as panacea to alleviating unemployment and poverty rate in Nigeria and Africa at large. To achieve its objective, the paper employs a secondary method of data collection and hence, the documentary method of analysis is adopted. Literature revealed that responsive governance – governance that responds to the plight and predicaments of the citizenry (unemployment and poverty) by investing in human capital development will in the end, not only produce men and women of creativity but entrepreneurs that will drive the economy by engaging their knowledge and skills in productive ventures. In addition, the adoption of Partnership Approach by the study canvassed the involvement of the private sector to actively participate in job creation that will lead to poverty alleviation. It is recommended that for an economy to thrive, governance should focus on the provision and sustenance of basic infrastructural facilities such as functional vocational institutions, quality education, and an enabling environment for the private sector’s ease of doing business.
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spelling doaj-art-e58d2f604e0f44bf9bb3cca56fcee06f2025-08-20T02:45:10ZengThe Academic Research and Publishing UG (i. G.) (AR&P) LLCSocioEconomic Challenges2520-66212520-62142022-06-016212713710.21272/sec.6(2).127-137.2022Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach OptionsPaul Ojonemi Salisu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9690-1852Public Administration and Local Government Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, NigeriaThe level of unemployment amongst the old and young people in Nigeria is not only outrageous but seemingly on the increase, notwithstanding the presence of all economic major resources together with several policies, programmes, and projects of successive administrations. Governments, at various levels, have adopted different measures to reduce unemployment and poverty rates with little or no significant effects. This study, therefore, attempts to focus mainly, on Human Capital Development (HCD) and Public Private Partnership as panacea to alleviating unemployment and poverty rate in Nigeria and Africa at large. To achieve its objective, the paper employs a secondary method of data collection and hence, the documentary method of analysis is adopted. Literature revealed that responsive governance – governance that responds to the plight and predicaments of the citizenry (unemployment and poverty) by investing in human capital development will in the end, not only produce men and women of creativity but entrepreneurs that will drive the economy by engaging their knowledge and skills in productive ventures. In addition, the adoption of Partnership Approach by the study canvassed the involvement of the private sector to actively participate in job creation that will lead to poverty alleviation. It is recommended that for an economy to thrive, governance should focus on the provision and sustenance of basic infrastructural facilities such as functional vocational institutions, quality education, and an enabling environment for the private sector’s ease of doing business.https://armgpublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SEC_2_2022_11.pdfunemploymentpovertyresponsive governancehuman capital developmentpartnership approach
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Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options
SocioEconomic Challenges
unemployment
poverty
responsive governance
human capital development
partnership approach
title Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options
title_full Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options
title_fullStr Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options
title_full_unstemmed Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options
title_short Unemployment, Poverty And Governance Questions In Nigeria: Human Capital Development And Partnership Approach Options
title_sort unemployment poverty and governance questions in nigeria human capital development and partnership approach options
topic unemployment
poverty
responsive governance
human capital development
partnership approach
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