DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2014.v01i08.004

Pages: 373-376

This paper on youth unemployment challenge as a potential source of insecurity in Nigeria is intended to highlight the problem at hand and also give possible policy alternatives that can alleviate it. The paper will also inform key policy makers and implementers about the interests of the young generation and highlight the rationale for including them in the country‟s national development priorities. The paper concluded that youth unemployment and underemployment continue to impose heavy social and economic costs and result in the loss of opportunities for economic growth in Nigeria and Africa at large. The study recommended that government should formulate a policy that ensures that every financial institution operating in the country establishes a facility that can enable youth entrepreneurs to access business loans at low interest rates. There should be standard recruitment procedures embedded in a given Government policy