The Role of Politics, Policy, and Governance in Tackling Unemployment in Nigeria

Dominion Iwe Agunowei; Esther Geteloma Blanchard

Dominion Iwe Agunowei Department of Curriculum Studies and Instructional Technology Faculty of Education Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Esther Geteloma Blanchard Department of Curriculum Studies and Instructional Technology Faculty of Education Ignatius Ajuru University of Education Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Keywords: Governance; Politics; Unemployment; Policy; Programmes.

Abstract

Politics, people-oriented policies, and good governance are the tripod on which sustainable economic activities and employment thrive. However, in the recent past, politics, a faceless sociological contraption that is devoid of emotion and conscience have swallowed up good governance and sound policies that would have tackled the problem of unemployment in Nigeria. It is on this premise that this paper examines policies, programmes and intervention agencies of the Nigerian government that were established to tackle unemployment. Recommendations were made based on the factors identified as being responsible for the failure of such policies and programmes.