چکیده (انگلیسی):

The issue of unemployment in Nigeria is one of the most critical problems the country is facing today. This has been
a major problem to researchers, analysts and economists as the figure increasingly suggests dwindling potentials.
Official figure of unemployment in Nigeria from the Bureau of Statistics puts this at about 20 percent (about 30
million), but this figure still did not include about 40 million other Nigerian youths captured in the World Bank
statistics in 2009 (BusinessDay, 2009). It is therefore not out of place to consider massive employment generation
as an issue of major focus on national development and economic growth plan of the Nigerian government. Under
and lack of effective utilisation of both human and material resources has led to unemployment and poverty in
Nigeria. In curbing unemployment in Nigeria, efforts should therefore be geared towards improving the economy
by way of providing the right skills to the people, albeit, through technical and vocational education to generate
employment opportunities. This will assist in no small measure to tackle economic problems and lead to a more
prosperous life.