Interrogating the Nexus between Human Capital Development and Insecurity in South East Nigeria (2010-2023)

Abstract

This study is on the effect of human capacity
development on insecurity in Nigeria (2010–2031). The
study used descriptive survey research design in which
youths of selected states in South East of Nigeria were
studied. The population of the study is 13.4 million
youths in South East of Nigeria. Linear regression was
used in the hypotheses testing. This was done with the
aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
software ver.22. The study revealed that inability of
government to build the capacity of the youths
significantly heighten insecurity in South East Nigeria
(Beta=0.656, p=0.000), that lack of youth skill training
significantly heighten insecurity in South East Nigeria
(Beta=0.674, p=0.000) and that inadequate
development of technical capabilities significantly
heightens insecurity in South East Nigeria (Beta=0.340,
p=0.000). Based on the findings, the study
recommended that since it will never be possible for
government to employ all the youth in the South East,
the government should encourage the youth through
skills acquisition and soft loan to enable them start some
businesses of their own, while the government continues
to monitor the beneficiaries, offering them advice and
guidance where necessary. The states government in
South East part of Nigeria can as well encourage the
youth to queue into the agricultural programme of the
South Eastern states by acquiring land and other farm
inputs at subsidized rates as well as making tractors and
other equipment available, and can go further by
assisting the farmers sale their produce at appreciable
rate through marketing board which the states in South
East of Nigeria can establish..