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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия:  Государственное и муниципальное управление</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8313</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1228</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">24521</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8313-2020-7-3-254-271</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>International Experience of Public Administration</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Международный опыт государственного управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Leadership Failure and Acute Youth Unemployment in Nigeria</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Провал руководства и проблема безработицы среди молодежи в Нигерии</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0448-2938</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Okolie</surname><given-names>Ugo Chuks</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Околе</surname><given-names>Уго Чакс</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD Student of the Department of Political Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры политических наук</p></bio><email>ugookolie3@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3119-3891</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Igbini</surname><given-names>Mevayerore Daniel</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Игбини</surname><given-names>Мевайероре Даниэль</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in Political Science, Independent Researcher</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор политических наук, независимый исследователь</p></bio><email>igbinidaniel@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Delta State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Государственный университет Дельта</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 7, NO3 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 7, №3 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>254</fpage><lpage>271</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-09-09"><day>09</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Okolie U.C., Igbini M.D.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Околе У.Ч., Игбини М.Д.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Okolie U.C., Igbini M.D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Околе У.Ч., Игбини М.Д.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/24521">https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/24521</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The history of Nigeria is tainted with the absence of good moral and ethical values in the conduct of the ruling elites; this has adversely affected economic growth and development. Continued poverty reinforced by acute youth unemployment is a barrier to Nigeria’s quest for consolidating her democracy. A society of beggars, parasites and bandits cannot develop. Youth unemployment has been and is still a major problem in Nigeria. The statistics is staggering despite the political clamours against unemployment. The root of this problem originated in the visionless, selfish, mediocre, tribalistic and opportunistic small money-minded people masquerading as leaders who have continued to regenerate Nigerian political landscape over time. It is against this backdrop that this study examines the relationship between leadership failure and acute youth unemployment in Nigeria. A cross-sectional method was adopted and data was collected via a survey of three hundred (300) respondents in south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria using non-probability sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using correlation and linear regression analysis with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 21. The results of the study revealed that there is significant relationship between leadership failure and acute youth unemployment. As predicted, the study also showed that leadership failure exerts a positive and statistically significant impact on acute youth unemployment in Nigeria. On the basis of these findings, the study recommends among others that the government at all levels should empower the jobless youths through genuine empowerment schemes that would equip them to be self-employed and employer of labor, revamped agricultural development schemes to create job opportunities for the unemployed youths roaming about on the Nigeria streets and the actualization of youth empowerment would be impossible if the war against corruption is not intensified.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>История Нигерии омрачена недостатками моральных и этических ценностей в поведении правящих элит, что отрицательно сказалось на экономическом росте и развитии. Продолжающаяся нищета, усугубляемая острой безработицей среди молодежи, является препятствием на пути к укреплению демократии в Нигерии. Общество паразитирующих нищих и бандитов не может развиваться. Безработица среди молодежи была и остается основной социальной проблемой в Нигерии. Несмотря на политические протесты против безработицы, негативная в стране статистика все еще ошеломляет. Автор уверен, что корень этой проблемы кроется в политике недальновидных, эгоистичных, посредственных, трайбалистически и оппортунистски настроенных лидеров, которые формируют нигерийский политический ландшафт. Именно исходя из этого в исследовании рассматривается связь между провалами и неудачами руководства и острой безработицей среди молодежи в Нигерии. В основу исследования легли данные, собранные путем опроса трехсот респондентов в южной Нигерии с использованием метода выборки без вероятности. Собранные данные были проанализированы с использованием корреляционного и линейного регрессионного анализа с помощью статистического пакета для социальных наук (SPSS. Версия 21). Результаты исследования показали, что существует значительная связь между провалами руководства и острой безработицей среди молодежи. Как и предполагалось, исследование также показало, что недееспособность руководства оказывает негативное и статистически значимое влияние на уровень безработицы среди молодежи в Нигерии. На основании этих выводов авторами рекомендуется, чтобы правительство на всех уровнях предоставляло возможности безработным молодым людям заниматься индивидуальной трудовой деятельностью и трудоустройством путем реального расширения их прав и возможностей, пересмотреть схему развития сельского хозяйства с целью создания возможностей трудоустройства для безработных молодых людей, сегодня бесцельно бродящих по улицам Нигерии. Расширение прав и возможностей молодежи также невозможно без усиления борьбы против коррупции.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>leadership failure</kwd><kwd>youth unemployment</kwd><kwd>poverty</kwd><kwd>insecurity</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>провал руководства</kwd><kwd>лидерство</kwd><kwd>безработица среди молодежи</kwd><kwd>бедность</kwd><kwd>отсутствие безопасности</kwd><kwd>коррупция</kwd><kwd>Нигерия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Adegoke N. Youth Unemployment and Security Challenges in Nigeria. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies. 2015; 3 (1): 13-22.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Okolie U.C., Onyema A.O., Basey U.S Poverty and Insecurity in Nigeria: An Empirical Study. 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