Effects of Job Creation Determinants on the Security of Abuja Metropolis

Abstract

This paper seek to evaluate the effects of job creation parameters on security challenges in Abuja using skilled and unskilled factor as a major job creation determinant factor. The research paper employed cross-sectional survey designed due to the number of respondent and the time frame for this investigation. Questionnaires were designed in line with the objective of the study and personally distributed to the entire two hundred and forty-six (246) staff of National Directorate of Employment (NDE) Headquarters in Abuja. In other to fulfil the research objectives, multiple regression was used to test and validate the guess statement postulated for the investigation at nintyfive percent (95%) confidence level. The result of the hypotheses tested reveals that, both skilled job creation and unskilled job creation have significant positive effect on security in Abuja The paper recommendations were based on the study findings which states that government should pay more attention and allocated more resources to both skilled and unskilled employment creation programs in other to improve the state of security in Abuja. Government should attract more industries to FCT to ensure that more employment opportunities are created so as to reduce the level of unemployed of youths in order to improve security level in the federal capital territory.

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Audu Paul Akogwu

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Audu Paul Akogwu (2020). Effects of Job Creation Determinants on the Security of Abuja Metropolis. Gusau International Journal of Management and Social Sciences, 3(1), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-709585