2021, Vol. 1, Issue 2, Part A
Youth empowerment in agriculture: A palliative measure for employment sustainability in Nigeria
Author(s): Udemezue JC, Azodo NT, Eluagu CJ, Onuba MN and Onwuneme NA
Abstract: A nation without youth is akin to a mansion that lacks a good foundation. Youths are the essential resources for every nation, especially for sustaining agricultural productivity as an important sector for nation building. Youth is defined as the time or stage in which one is in the active age of his/her life. It is the prime age of someone’s life. Agriculture which stands as a pivot for nation building cannot be prosperous in the absence of youth’s emancipation because they are the engine behind the successful operation of the system. To restructure Nigeria as a unity nation will be more challenges and perilous, as far as the youths are faced with multiple problems. There are several approaches to the problems of the youths nowadays. If young people were provided with employment opportunities, they can become productive assets and take their part in the society there by offering the best of their skills and talents to bring about development. But if this opportunity is denied, there is a chance that youth will embrace crime and violence in order to survive. This is occasioned by the fact that an idle hand is the devil’s workshop. In view of these, this study used literature available to review the following: the meaning of youths, agriculture as a palliative measure for employment generations, youths and agriculture for nation building and the challenges of youths in the contemporary society. The challenges of youths in our contemporary society are as follows: poverty, jobless, cultural violence, economic hardship, prevalence of armed robber, erosion of democratic norms and government policies, lack of social security, cultism and gangs of assassins, corruption, brain drain and psychological disorder, examination malpractice, sexual promiscuity and HIV pandemic, lack of the spirit of patriotism and loyalty to the Nigerian nation. This paper therefore provides the need for the Nigerian government to do check and balance in respect to her leadership selection. This should be in consonant with cultural rebirth for youths at all levels; secondary school, technical school, colleges of education, polytechnics and universities. The rule of law in the nation should be strictly obeyed irrespective of the sex and government at all levels should revitalize agriculture to reflect youths’ mind as a career.
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Udemezue JC, Azodo NT, Eluagu CJ, Onuba MN and Onwuneme NA. Youth empowerment in agriculture: A palliative measure for employment sustainability in Nigeria. International Journal of Research in Special Education. 2021; 1(2): 01-10.
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