An Assessment Of Mass Media Role In Reducing Unemployement Among Youths In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY     Records from the National Population Commission (2001) indicate that youths under the age of 30 constitute over half of the approximately 150 million Nigerians. According to Doreo Partners (2013) unemployment rate in Nigeria is growing at the rate of 16% per year with the youth impacted the most and accounting for three times the general unemployment. Nigeria’s spiralling youth unemployment can be said to have significantly contributed to the dramatic rise in social unrest and crime such as Niger Delta militancy, Boko Haram and the Jos c…