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Youth Participation, Unemployment and Poverty in a Democratic Nigeria: Towards a Policy Response for Sustainable National Security and Economic Development.

机译：《尼日利亚民主青年中的青年参与，失业与贫困：实现可持续国家安全和经济发展的政策对策》。

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The neglect of human resources is no doubt the most pernicious of waste and social evil whose repercussions not only rebound on the individual, but also the entire society. That there is transcendently presence of entities known as “youth” is a widely accepted norm. Also universally acknowledged is the fact that youths form the bedrock on which the society is anchored, hence leaders of tomorrow. Consequently, any nation who toys with the welfare and development of its youthful population could be said to be jeopardizing its future and survival. Arguably, Africa’s most populous democratic nation, Nigeria is enormously endowed with abundant resources which when properly harnessed could empower the youth for positive contribution to national security and economic development that is sustainable. Paradoxically, majority of the youthful segment of the Nigerian population live below the poverty line due to unemployment, underemployment and even unemployable. It is no longer news that there is a growing recognition amongst development experts that poverty and its alleviation is best actualized through participation and empowerment of the vulnerable groups by giving them the right and the opportunity for economic choices and self-actualization. Development outcomes to a great extent depend on effective political relations as well as an active and efficient citizenry which can facilitate robust and collective action. This no doubt can result into effective and better targeted public services, social justice, equity, accountability, transparency and good governance. However, the current scenario in Nigeria is such that the magnitude of youth unemployment and lack of participation in the labour market has created related socio-economic crisis, hence national insecurity, a disturbing feature no rational government can turn a blind eye. Arising from the above, this paper using data elicited from documentary and archival sources discuss youth and its attendant socio-economic problems anchored on the opportunistic attitude of the new political elites, democratic legitimacy, offering insights about the nexus of youth, participation, unemployment, poverty and structures of pathologies of democracy and national security challenges in Nigeria. The paper elucidated on some fundamental questions such as why is Nigeria not serious about the welfare of its youths despite the existence of agencies like the National Directorate of Employment, Ministry of Women and Youth Development? The paper therefore contends that lack of youth participation, their unemployment and poverty are as a result of the character of the Nigerian State that has continued to swim in the ocean of institutionalized corruption, lack of Federal Character and over politicization of national development issues. The paper concludes, among other set of mutually reinforcing practical recommendations to bring about a robust synergy between youth participation, effective and efficient democracy and sustainable national security and economic development. That effort aimed at addressing these issues must first tackle these nascent problems as against usual lip-service mechanism that create avenues for primitive acquisition of public funds, while emphasizing the notion that economic development must not only be inclusive, job-creating and poverty-reducing, but it must also result to self-empowerment that will bring about sustainable national security and sustainable economic development that is broad-based.
机译：忽视人力资源无疑是最有害的浪费和社会邪恶，其影响不仅影响个人，而且影响整个社会。被称为“青年”的实体的超然存在是被广泛接受的规范。青年人是社会赖以生存的基石，因此是明天的领导者，这一点也得到了普遍承认。因此，可以说任何以青年人口的福祉和发展作为玩具的国家都在危及其未来和生存。可以说，尼日利亚是非洲人口最多的民主国家，拥有丰富的资源，如果运用得当，这些资源可以使年轻人有能力为可持续的国家安全和经济发展做出积极贡献。矛盾的是，由于失业，就业不足甚至失业，尼日利亚年轻人中的大多数人生活在贫困线以下。不再有新闻表明，发展专家越来越认识到，通过给予弱势群体以经济选择和自我实现的权利和机会，并通过赋予他们弱势群体的参与和赋权，可以最好地实现贫困及其缓解。发展成果在很大程度上取决于有效的政治关系以及能够促进有力和集体行动的积极有效的公民意识。毫无疑问，这可以产生有效和更有针对性的公共服务，社会正义，公平，问责制，透明度和善政。但是，尼日利亚目前的情况是，青年失业的严重程度和缺乏参与劳动力市场已经造成了相关的社会经济危机，因此国家不安全，这是一个没有理性的政府可以视而不见的令人不安的特征。综上所述，本文使用从文献和档案资源中获得的数据，讨论了青年及其伴随的社会经济问题，这些问题以新政治精英的机会主义态度，民主合法性为基础，提供了有关青年，参与，失业，尼日利亚的贫困和民主病态结构与国家安全挑战。该文件阐明了一些基本问题，例如，尽管设立了国家就业总局，妇女与青年发展部等机构，但尼日利亚为什么不认真对待其青年福利呢？因此，本文认为，青年参与的缺乏，他们的失业和贫穷是尼日利亚国家的特征的结果，该国家继续在制度化腐败的海洋中游动，缺乏联邦特征以及国家发展问题过度政治化。本文总结了其他一系列相互促进的实用建议，以在青年参与，有效和高效的民主与可持续的国家安全与经济发展之间实现强有力的协同作用。旨在解决这些问题的努力必须首先解决这些新生问题，而不是通常的口头服务机制，这些机制为原始获得公共资金创造了途径，同时强调了经济发展不仅必须具有包容性，创造就业和减少贫困​​的观念。 ，但也必须实现自我授权，这将带来可持续的国家安全和广泛的可持续经济发展。

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