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EFFORT OF GOVERNMENT TOWARDS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
- Establishment of different agencies ministries and parastatals for youth empowerment.
- Incorporation of youth empowerment into school curriculum at all level
- Awakening initiatives on youth empowerment through seminar / workshop / lectures etc.
- Provision of soft loan for youth for the establishment of small and medium scale enterprises
- Provision of incentives to make agriculture attractive to the youth
- Establishment of vocational schools
- Provision of automatic employment for graduate of vocational /entrepreneurial programme
- Provision of free start up capitals / equipment to youth involved in empowerment skill e.g. SUREP
- Provision of free education and scholarship to the serving youth.
Sub-topic 5: Importance and benefits of the empowerment skills.
The importance and benefits of youth empowerment skills can be grouped into the following:
- Economic benefits
- Social benefits
- Demographic benefits
- Political benefits
- ECONOMIC BENEFITS: These are financial and material benefits that youth empowerment programmes bring about. It reduces poverty thereby making them to be financially liberated. Through this they earn their living and become agents of wealth creation reducing armed robbery and other crimes. They also pay taxes thereby contributing to government revenue.
The governments will tap the man power and brain power of the youths for the purpose of economic development and industrialization.
- SOCIAL BENEFITS: These are tangible benefits which are highly important and are essential to the society. They include: Youth empowerment programmes that help to eliminate youth restiveness caused by idleness and hopelessness. For example; Youth Empowerment Schemes (YES). These programmes have contributed to the reduction of criminal activities in states. Another example is the Federal Government Amnesty programme for Niger Delta militants. Nigeria Oil production fell from 1.5 million barrels per day to around 700,000 barrels per day increasing to 2million barrels per day due to this programme. It restores peace and security. So the Youth Amnesty is a good example of Youth empowerment programme. It trained the youths in various skills and transferred financial grants to the former militants. Encouraged them to lay down their arms. It also helps family institutions by helping the aged parents and siblings give them confident to settle down and get married.
It is also a tool in fighting HIV-AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). Drug abuse, prostitution and political thugs.
- DEMOGRAPHIC BENEFITS: These benefits affects the youth as a segment in the population.
- Youths become transformed to responsible adults.
- Youths become responsible parents that can take adequate care of future offspring.
- POLITICAL BENEFITS: They are prepared for democratic and corporate leadership.
- Youths become responsible and law-abiding citizens thereby preparing them for future leadership.
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