Youths’ socio-economic well-being in Southwest Nigeria: What role can empowerment/poverty reduction programmes play?

Olonade, Olawale Yinusa and George, T. O. and Imhonopi,, David and Egharevba, M. E. and Kasa, Adamu G. (2022) Youths’ socio-economic well-being in Southwest Nigeria: What role can empowerment/poverty reduction programmes play? Cogent Social Sciences. pp. 1-12. ISSN (Print) 2331-1886

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Abstract

Despite several empowerment/poverty reduction programmes in Nigeria, the youths’ plight has worsened with evidence of the increased unemployment rate, poverty, and social exclusion. This study examines the impact of several empowerment/ poverty reduction programmes on the youths’ well-being in southwest Nigeria. The study adopts the quantitative method using questionnaires for data collection. A total of 425 copies of the questionnaire were collected and analysed using frequency distribution tables and cross tabulation. It was found that despite the high level of awareness (74.6%) of the various empowerment programmes, only a few (17.2%) have benefitted from them. Among those who have benefited, only 41.2% have what they currently do related to the empowerment they once benefitted. The majority of the respondents, 61.6%, consider the programmes resourceful. Based on the findings, the study recommends properly implementing the empowerment programmes to ensure that those who need them are the beneficiaries, rather than a medium for political expediency. Also, a youth trust fund where youths who have undergone empowerment programmes can always access funds for their start-ups needs to be established. This will promote wealth creation opportunities among the youths and ensure the sustainability of the programmes.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	empowerment; Southwest; programmes; unemployment; well-being; youths
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2022 13:47
Last Modified:	08 Sep 2022 13:47
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/16159

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