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Title: | Politicization of university planning and unemployment in Nigeria |
Author: | Oladeji, S.I. |
Year: | 1992 |
Periodical: | The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 1-13 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | employment educational policy universities |
Abstract: | The politicization of university planning and the crisis of unemployment in contemporary Nigeria cannot be divorced from the question of regional restrictiveness. 'Regional restrictiveness' relates to a situation of restricted movement. It is synonymous with 'low potential mobility of labour' and describes a propensity towards a strong preference for a particular region. Students' choice of university, and graduates' choice of area in which to search for a job, illustrate the extent of regional restrictiveness in Nigeria. The spatial planning of universities in Nigeria has been bedevilled by regional rivalry and the proliferation of universities in the 1970s can be said to be the product of regional restrictiveness. This factor also continues to exercise considerable influence on admissions policy since the screening criteria are not based solely on merit but also include 'catchment area'. Regional restrictiveness in labour recruitment practices and graduates' preference for their home states and for the cities has created an urban unemployment crisis and a cleavage in Nigeria's labour market. The southern labour market has become saturated with graduates since the 1970s while the north continues to depend on expatriate personnel. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |