TY  - JOUR
T1  - Implementation of Youth Empowerment Programmes in Abia State, Nigeria
AU - Prince Onyemaechi, Nweke AU - Ekeh Kalu, Oyeoku AU - Eucharia, Ezeh Ngozi AU - Chimezie Benedict, Nwankwo 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 11
SP  - 1509
EP  - 1515
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.1509.1515
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1509.1515
KW  - Youth
KW  -empowerment
KW  -youth empowerment
KW  -empowerment programmes
KW  -implementation
AB  - This study investigated the implementation of youth empowerment programmes in Abia State,
Nigeria. Two research questions were posed to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey
design. The study was carried out in Abia North Senatorial Zone. The population of the study comprised of
150 youth working with youth led-organizations in the state. Data was collected using structured questionnaire
entitled: Implementation of Youth Empowerment Programmes Questionnaire (IYEPQ). The reliability coefficient
was found to be 0.82. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the two research questions. Data
collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The major findings of the study revealed those
motivational strategies for implementation of youth empowerment programmes include, adequate remuneration
of trainers, disbursement of loans, bursary scheme for youth&*#39;s educational empowerment, sharing of sewing
machines. Supervisory strategies for effective implementation of youth empowerment programmes among
others include, provision of adequate supervision task force for youth empowerment programmes and
preparation of guidelines for reporting youth empowerment training activities among others. Based on the
findings of the study, it was concluded and recommended that: youth empowerment programmes should be
introduced in the curriculum programmes in the institutions of higher learning; Post-primary schools should
teach vocational education and skills acquisition programmes in their various schools to enable every Nigerian
child to be self-reliant and self-developed and government should monitor, supervisors and evaluate skill
acquisition centres established, run and funded by the government.
ER  -