IMPACT OF YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN KATSINA METROPOLIS, KATSINA STATE

ABSTRACT The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of youth unemployment in Katsina metropolis. The researcher formulated four research questions and objectives which were used to analyze, test and interpret the data collected. The study adopted descriptive survey research design and the sample size of 370 was selected through simple random sampling technique. The questionnaire was used as the primary instruments of data collection while the hypothesis of the study was tested using descriptive statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The research findings revealed that rate of youth unemployment in Katsina Metropolis is high and reached its peak in the last five years. Also it was observed that lack of access to qualitative education causes unemployment in Katsina Metropolis likewise the inability of the youths to move out of their shores to seek for greener pasture. Based on the foregoing, the researcher however, recommends that youths should be granted easy access to qualitative education by ensuring that indigent ones among them are given scholarship. It was furthermore recommended that the government should partner with the private sectors to create jobs either through entrepreneurship programmes or give the unemployed youth access to credit to start their own business.