Assessment of the Effect of National Directorate of Employment on Youth Employment Generation.
ABSTRACT
Unemployment has been a menace confronting Nigeria as a country and Kaduna state in particular. This has led to the government initiating programmes of actions to curb its spread. After the Structural Adjustment Programme of the Babangida administration led to thousands of jobs been lost.
This necessitated the establishment of a body to create employment to the team of unemployed persons in the country. This however,led to the establishment of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE).
The major aim of this study is to assess the effect of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on youth employment generation in Kaduna state.
Other objectives are: to determine the effect of Vocational Skills Development (VSD) programme of the NDE on youth employment generation in Kaduna state,
to examine the extent to which the NDE‟s programme of Small Scale Enterprises affect youth employment generation in Kaduna state and to ascertain the extent to which the Special Public Works (SPW) programme of the NDE affects youth employment generation in Kaduna state (SSE)
Data for the study were generated using both primary and secondary sources. The primary data utilized include questionnaires and interview while the secondary data were the annual reports of NDE and World Bank Development Reports, unpublished thesis and internet materials.
INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study
The issue of unemployment has become a central global concern in recent times. This makes nearly all the governments and development partners to be fully engaged in finding a lasting solution to the problems.
Most countries of the world whether advanced economies or developingcountries, have experienced a very high rate of unemployment since the great recession of 2008.
For instance, some companies in the United States had to close down while many others were bailed out by the Obama administration including the famous automobile company-General Motors.
According to the U.S Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS, 2012), one of the most widely recognized indicators of a recession is higher unemployment rates (BLS, 2012).
In December 2007, the national unemployment rate in Nigeria was 5.0 percent, and it had been at that rate for the past 30 months.
At the end of the recession, in June 2009, it was 9.5 percent. In the months after the recession, the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0 percent.
Before this, the most recent months with unemployment rates over 10.0 percent were September 1982 through June 1983, during which time the unemployment rate peaked at 10.8 percent.
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