SCOURGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA. By YUSUF A YUSUF Every successful nation attaches more importance to the growth and development to its youths. The deliberate determination of a nation to upgrade the lives of its youths must be a major concern of the leaders, but in Nigeria, reverse seems to be the case. The issue of unemployment in Nigeria is one of the major hindrances affecting Nigeria's economy. It occurs when the agile youths who are ready to work could not secure a truly satisfying job for a long time; this has been persistent for a period of time in Nigeria. Meanwhile, youth unemployment is devastating to both the individual and the nation as a whole psychologically and economically. It has become every youth's nightmare, having to undergo a lot of stress by roaming the street in an attempt to secure a job without any certainty. Those who could secure job in private sectors receive poor salary which cannot sustain them beyond feeding. In the same