CURBING UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA THROUGH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN MUSIC INDUSTRY

Abstract

Unemployment is one of the greatest challenges affecting the development of Nigeria as a nation. This is as a result of many graduates that are not gainfully employed either by the government or private sectors after their training in the school. Many graduates depend solely on white collar jobs which are very difficult to get due to population explosion with little job vacancies, improper planning by the government and many other reasons. To worsen the situation, many who are on the job and supposed to be working are being retrenched; most especially in the private sectors due to many competitive challenges they are battling with in running their firms or business. These, therefore, add to the issue of unemployment in .However, not until in recent times, our education curriculum was not geared towards entrepreneurship, where students can learn one trade or work that would make them self-reliant, in addition to theoretical academic experience and paper qualifications. The issue of unemployment has now turned many graduates into “Okada†riders, bus conductors, taxi driver, groundnut sellers, “yahoo†boys and girls, and many other odd jobs as means to survive in society. Many school leavers now engage in many criminal activities due to unemployment; thereby affecting the growth and economic development of Nigeria adversely.