WAEC Civic Education 2016 Theory — Question 4

Model answer

(a) Youth empowerment is the process of making young people gain the ability, authority, and the energy to make decision and implement changes in their own lives and lives of other people. Youth empowerment is a gateway to self-sufficiency or self-employment and self-reliance by the youths in the society. (b) Three youth empowerment skills: i. Life coping skill ii. Manipulation skill iii. Intellectual skill iv. Communicative skill v. Artistic skill (Any three) (c) Three efforts of government towards youth empowerment: i. Establishment of empowerment organization like Nigeria LNG Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) ii. Establishment of N-power under Buhari Administration iii. Incorporation of skills acquisition programme/scheme under Jonathan regime like SURE-P