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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dc.contributor.authorSunday, JATAU
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-20T08:36:10Z
dc.date.available2023-02-20T08:36:10Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionBEING 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
dc.description.abstractThe 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.
dc.identifier.urihttps://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/12777
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleCONTRIBUTION OF THE NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN KADUNA NORTH AND KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE FROM 2013 - 2019
dc.typeThesis
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