THE IMPACT OF N-POWER PROGRAMME ON YOUTH ENTERPRISE IN MINNA METROPOLIS

Abstract

The study examine the impact of N-power programmes on youth empowerment in minna metropolis, Niger State. A cross sectionals survey design was used in the study to generate data. A sample of 225 respondent youths were obtained from 512 total number of N-power beneficiaries in the metropolis for the study. The study used a structured questionnaire to obtain response from the study sample. Descriptive statistic such as mean and percentage were used to measure the demographic data while inferential statistics such as Pearson product moment correlation was used to analyse data in the study. Pearson Product Moment Correlation co-efficient (r) was employed to test the hypotheses. The study focused on graduate unemployed related to N-power programme. This includes; N-power Agro, N-Power Health and N-power Teach. The results of the study indicate that there is a no significant relationship between the N-power scheme against the following variables, employment generation, poverty alleviation and skill acquisition. The study also found that the major factors that they are militating against the effectiveness of the N-power programme includes; job insecurity, non payment of stipend to participants as at when due, bribery and corruption, poor monitory. The study therefore recommends that the authorities concerned should expand the horizon of the programme to cover more unemployed graduates, turn the programme to tenure employment opportunities for the beneficiaries and provide grant to enterprising graduates to gainfully employ their latent skills.