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Addressing youth employment means finding solutions with and for young people who are seeking a decent and productive job. Such solutions should address both supply, i.e. education, skills development and training, and demand, i.e. job creation and an enabling environment for entrepreneurship, as well as the quality of work available for young people with regard to labour standards, working conditions and wages.

The Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan (NIYEAP) for the period 2019-2023 is a confirmation of Nigeria’s commitment to tackle youth employment and contribute to national and global development goals. It complements and operates in the context of existing policies, frameworks, and strategies such as the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan; the National Youth Policy, the National Employment Policy, the United Nations Development Partnership Framework, and the Call for Action. 

The NIYEAP aims to address the youth employment challenge in a comprehensive and coordinated manner by guiding the work of relevant institutions of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, civil society, youth organizations and development partners in the promotion of decent jobs for youth and intends to inform the development of related programmes, initiatives, and budgets in a complementary and sustained manner.
 

The overarching goal of the Nigerian Youth Employment Action Plan is to contribute to the achievement of decent, productive and freely chosen employment for young people by complementing and reinforcing existing policy commitments and national development priorities and related efforts. The NIYEAP’s four priority areas of intervention: Employability; Entrepreneurship; Employment; and Equality and rights.