(a) Define Youth empowerment.
(b) List three youth empowerment skills.
(c) State three efforts of government towards youth empowerment.
(a) Definition of youth empowerment
Youth empowerment is development programme aimed creating opportunities that will encourage and develop the you to be morally responsible, self-reliant and financially product citizens or Youth empowerment is the process of giving young people opportunity to develop the ability they need to become peo who can influence their communities.
(b) Youth empowerment skills
i. Life coping skills
ii. Intellectual skills
iii. Decision making skills
iv. Leadership skills
v. Negotiation skills
vi. Motivational/self-actualization skills
vii. Communicative skills
viii. Artistic skills
ix. Interpersonal/human relation skills
(c) Efforts of Government towards youth empowerment:
i. Establishment of different agencies, ministries and parastatal for youth empowerment
ii. Provision of soft loan for youths for the establishment of Sr and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) or Industries
iii. Awakening initiatives on youth empowerment through seminars, workshops, symposia, lectures etc
iv. Provision of incentives to make agriculture attractive to youths. e.g subsidies on agricultural inputs
v. Establishment of vocational schools
vi. Provision of automatic employment for graduates vocational/entrepreneurial programmes
vii. Collaboration of government with non-governmental organizations and other advocacy groups on youth empowerment
viii. Capacity building on entrepreneurial/vocational skills for youth empowerment
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