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Mobilizing The Youth For Self-reliance: An Assessment Of Self-help Initiatives
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1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The study is based on the following objective objectives.
i) To examine the rules of government and private enterprises in youth mobilization.
ii) To analyse ways in which youth are being mobilized for self-reliance.
iii) To identify the challenges encountered in the process of youth mobilization.
iv) To appraise the prospect for youth self-reliance.
1.4 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY
Youth
empowerment has significant role to play in the economic development of
Nigeria. In any community youth, facilitate the development of a given
society in the sense that, their age category is accompanied with
physical, emotional and cognitive development that provide them, the
opportunity to contribute their own quote towards the growth and
development of their country.
As dantani stated, “youth development is the training of mind and body of the youth for proper integration in to the
society
and for positive development, it involves the provision of
infrastructure, creation of institution and processes that will enhance
the development of the youthâ€.5 Government has over the year strived to
create a favorable condition for youth development but effort put in
place are commensurate with the enomous problem confronting youth
development. This suggest however, that it is. reasonable to work on the
assumption that youth†empowerment are compatible with effective
economic development however, that it is reasonable to work on the
assumption that youth empowerment.
However, this study will
specifically focus on two organization which were established in Suru
local government, aims at empowering youth in such away that, they could
be self-reliance, and these are lauwali foundation and Garima group.
Lauwah
foundation which was established in 2011 by senator Ibrahim Bawa Kamba,
which engage youth to participate in various training activities which
include, soap making, tailoring electric wiring e,t,c while on the other
hand,
garima group also provides alternative for business tranzation
for the youth, in which fillingstation supermarket, telecommunication
centres e.t.c were established and youth were recruited to serve at such
centres, some as a managers same as workers while some as a maintenance
clerk and they were paid on a monthly basis.
1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATION
The
research would primarily focuses on youth mobilization for
self-reliance and how it affects the development process in Suru local
government area, within the period 2011-2014.
Specifically, the study
would be concerned with two organizations in the area of study, and
these are lauwal foundation and Garima Group, which was aims at
providing employment opportunities to the youth.
1.6 RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
The research would be guided by the following
assumption.
i)
The roles played by government and private enterprises toward the
mobilization process could lead to the achievement of self-reliance.
ii) There is substantial prograss in self reliance effort in Suru local Government.
iii) The self-reliance could be achieved through the self help initiatives in Suru local government.
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