Impact of Youthful Population on the Productivity and Development in Kebbi State, Nigeria

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• February 16, 2024
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Hassan, B., Muhammad, S. & Aminu, L.

Abstract Scores of academic literatures have discussed the population’s impact on productivity and economic development, less is written on youthful population and its impact on productivity and development. This paper examines these variables. It primarily focuses on them because, for one thing, youth dominate the universe. A whooping 1.8 billion youth (between the ages of 10 and 24) are alive today. For another, young people are the ‘shapers’ and ‘leaders’ of the global future; therefore, they matter to this subject. The paper argues that because youth are mostly fresh and fertile and because they are the dominant inhabitants across the Nigerian cities; they are, compared to other population demography like ageing population, for example, more likely to facilitate productivity and development in the country. We establish our findings using secondary data analysis. Data were drawn from credible, independent sources such as the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank. We found out that despite the tumultuous political and socio-economic challenges that is thwarting the young Nigerians, a large percentage of them are productive and their efforts are a contributing factor for urban growth and the nation’s development. That entails that if the Nigeria’s government wants to realise both its current and future socio-economic development, youth should be part of its everyday agenda. Keywords: Youthful Population; Productivity and Development; Kebbi State; Economic Development