Title:   CHALLENGES TO YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN INFORMAL ECONOMY IN ENUGU METRO

Abstract
Lack of gainful engagement of the young population is one of the serious social problems facing
most African countries, if not the whole world. In Nigeria, for example, joblessness among youth
has been identified as a timed bomb waiting to explode. Informal economy has been identified as
useful activities that could help in engaging youth with corresponding benefits of economic
diversification. However, it has been observed that there exist low youth engagements in the
informal economy. There is paucity of literature examining challenges to youth engagements in
the informal economy. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine challenges to youth
engagement in informal economy. A total of 385 youth will be sampled in Enugu State with the
questionnaire as the instrument for data collection. Both descriptive and inferential statistics will
be used to analyse data collected. It was found that challenges to youth engagement in informal
economy range from finance to parental expectations. The researchers recommend, among
others, that tertiary institutions in Nigeria should counsel youth on the importance their
engagement of the informal economy. Keywords: economy, unemployment, informal, engagement and youth

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Publication Date: 2021-07-09