CONTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN KADUNA NORTH AND KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE FROM 2013 - 2019
CONTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN KADUNA NORTH AND KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE FROM 2013 - 2019
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Date
2021
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Sunday, JATAU
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Abstract
The growing rate of unemployment among the youths in Kaduna State in general and in Kaduna
North and Kachia Local Government Areas in particular that give rise to poverty, social vices
and crimes that threatening economic development of the country prompted the researcher to go
into the study. This study therefore, assessed the contributions of the National Directorate of
Employment (NDE) to employment generation among youths in Kaduna North and Kachia
Local Government Areas (LGAs), Kaduna State. The research design for the study is sequential
explanatory mixed method relying solely on both questionnaire and interview for data collection.
Secondary documents. Relevant among them includes: NDE Official annual reports and
statement of accounts; National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and Local Governments‟ Gazette,
Kaduna State, 2019; NDE report, 2011 – 2019; report of Central Bank of Nigeria (2012). The
data collected through questionnaire were descriptively (via frequency tables and percentages)
and inferentially analysed (through the use of multiple regression technique of analysis) with the
help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, Version 23.0). On the other hand, the
responses from the interview guide were thematically analyzed. From the analysis of data, the
study found that the unstandardized coefficient of Vocational Skill Development programme
stood at 0.606; the unstandardized coefficient of Small Scale Enterprise programme stood at
0.149 and the unstandardized coefficient of Special Public Works programme of the National
Directorate of Employment” stood at 0.135 which are all positive indicating that National
Directorate of Employment and the respective sub-programmes has contributed immensely to
employment generation among the youths in Kaduna North and Kachia LGAs, Kaduna State. To
this end, the study recommended among others the need for Government at all levels should
increase the funding of Vocational Skill Development programmes; Small Scale Enterprises
programmes and increase the funding of Special Public Works programmes of National
Directorate for Employment in order to accommodate more beneficiaries thereby generating
employment opportunities among youths in Kaduna North and Kachia LGAs, Kaduna State.
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BEING A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE
AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN POLICY AND
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
STUDIES,
FACULTY OF ADMINOSTRATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA