THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN EDO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN EDO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF
OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ABSTRACT
The research investigated the
causes and effect of unemployment among school leavers in Oredo Local
Government Area of Edo State. The need for this study arouse because of the
alarming number of unemployed school leavers. Some of the hypothesis used for
the study are as follows:
1.
High
level of unemployment lead to low standard of living for people in Edo State.
2.
Unemployment
bring about frustration among the school leavers in Oredo Local government Area
of Edo State.
3.
High
level of unemployment hinders economic development in Oredo Local Government
Area of Edo State. concerning methodology, the researcher used the unemployed
school leavers questionnaire which was administered by t he respondents. The
questionnaire are completed on the spot and collected by the researcher,
tallied and transformed into frequencies with the use of simple percentage. The
following findings were made; unemployment brings about hardship in Oredo Local
Government Area of Edo State. Unemployment brings decrease in the national
output as a result the wastage of human resources and high level of unemployment
which lead to low standard of living for this people of Edo State. base on
these findings the following recommendations were made to assist government to
reduce the high rate of unemployment among school leavers in Oredo Local
Government Area of Edo State, some of such recommendations are; the government
should mobilize additional effort towards creating jobs opportunities, the
government should mobilize private investors who declares high profit each year
to invest part of the profit. And the government establishes farm settlement
and agricultural industries this will be a good step in direction.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER
ONE
Introduction
1.1
Background of the study
1.2
Statement of the problem
1.3
Objective of the study
1.4
Scope of the study
1.5
Limitation of the study
1.6
Research questions
1.7
Significance of the study
1.8
Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Literature Review
2.1
Definition
and types of unemployment
2.2
Causes of
unemployment among school leavers
2.3
Solutions
to problems of unemployment
CHAPTER THREE
Methodology
Design of
the study
Population
of the study
Sample of
the study
Instrumentation
Procedure
for data analysis
Administration
of questionnaires
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1
Introduction
4.2
Data
Analysis
4.3
Hypothesis
and Test
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary, Conclusion and
Recommendations
Summary
5.1
Conclusion
5.2
Recommendations
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRES/APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Human
beings engage in various activities in order to satisfy their wants. In
producing human wants (goods and services) land, labour and entrepreneur are
utilized for these purposes. Labour being the most dynamic factor of production
combines with the other factor to produce goods and services for consumption if
fully utilized,, then there will be employment.
Unemployment is a hazard of an industrialized economy system, primitive
communities were usually self sufficient and had no unemployment problems
through they had to accept a very low standard of living than communities had
even previously enjoyed.
Yesufu (2004) in the Nigeria journal of economics and social studies said that
some unemployment started with the introduction of money market by
the colonial masters to substitute or alter the subsistence economy which our
people were conversant with. Wages earning was employment was the introduced by
the colonial masters in their bid to tap Nigeria raw materials for export were
they are sold at profitable price
The civil war period provided jobs for many in the armed forces but the
magnitude of the unemployed increased after the civil war because of the effect
that majority of the unemployed are young workers sintering the labour market
for the first time after receiving education to attracts this aspiration and
value they did not have enough education and practical training to provide them
with skills.
These school leavers prefer white collar jobs to the farming. The government
could not employ some one because of lack of job opportunity while the
population of the working forces was increasingly there was no commensurate
increase in job creation.
Oduniyi (1996) in his work title “unemployment rate in Nigeria explained that
functional nature of Nigeria education system where school leavers cannot be
self employed due to lack of foreign resource and the over growing
unserviceable debts has brought about retrench and high rate of unemployment
that prevail in the country in the recent years.
Oduniyi (1997) noted that unemployment rate in December (1995) was 9.8 percent
in h=Nigeria and while the Bendel state now Edo state ands delta state urban
area 15.4 percent and the rural area has 7.2 percent unemployed rate.
Secondary school leavers were relatively few then in Bendel state now Edo state
and delta state in the 1960’s and 1970’s before the Udoji award in general and
Oredo local government area in particular.
This made unemployment rate among secondary school levers low. By 1972 when
free education of all levels was introduced and there was increase in the job
opening available.
This brought about high rate of unemployment in Oredo local government area.
The reintroduction of school fees and high rate of unemployment have reduced
the number of intake into the secondary school in Edo state
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
problem that necessitated the carrying out of this research are inherent in the
background of the study e.g.
1. What
are the effects of unemployment on secondary school leavers in Oredo local
government area of Edo state
2. what
are the causes of unemployment among school leavers in Oredo local government
area of Edo state
3. how
does unemployment affect the economic development of Oredo local government
area of Edo state
4. what
are the effects of unemployment on the standard of living of the secondary
school leavers in Oredo local government area of Edo state
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The objectives of the
study include:
1. To
enumerate the various types of unemployment in Oredo local government area of
Edo state
2. to
identify the causes of unemployment in Oredo local government area of Edo state
3. to
examine the effect of unemployment in Oredo local government area of Edo state
4. to
provide suggestions to guide the government solving the problem of unemployment
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Is
unemployment the cause of low standard of living in Oredo local government area
of Edo state?
2. Does
unemployment lead to frustrating among school leavers?
3. How
does unemployment hinder economic development in Oredo local government area of
Edo state?
4. What
is the impact of illiteracy on unemployment in Oredo local government area of
Edo state?
5. Does
the non availability of industries bring about unemployment in Oredo local
government area of Edo state?
6. How
can unemployment be erased totally in Oredo local government area of Edo state?
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
The
research is the opinion that the people and authorities in Oredo local
government area of Edo state should be able to benefit from the study.
This research will help to educate the government on the importance and the
effect of unemployment the advantage of this work to the local government
authorities and other people in the state. In that it will help them to keep
abreast with the latest finding in generating employment with the view to
educating the people and the government on the problems of unemployment and
instill in them ways of creating and overcoming unemployment
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The
scope of this study, the causes and effects of unemployment among secondary
school leavers are restricted to Oredo local government area of Edo state
DEFINTION OF TERMS
Unemployment:
can be defined as a situation where by persons that have acquired knowledge’s,
skills and have the potentiality to work but remain without a beneficial work
to do.
Unemployment can also be defined as a process where some persons that have been
trained with skills and knowledge and prepare to work but have no beneficial
work to do
Education:
it is a process of teaching training and learning especially in schools or
colleges to improve knowledge and develop skills
Retrench:
to reduce workers in order to reduce costs especially for a business,
government.
Primitive:
very simple and old fashioned especially when something is also not convenient
and comfortable.
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