CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background of Study “Youth bulge” is a demographic expressions frequently used to describe a population in which the share of young people is radically large in contrast to other, elder age groups. According to the UN-associated Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN), UN agencies define the youth bulge as large cohorts (in excess of 20%) between the ages of 15 and 24 in relation to the total mature population. Other definitions expand the range to include the 15 to 29 age group (Imai King & Olivia, 2008).   ‘Youth bulge refers to a cohort of youth between the ages of 15 and 24 that is unusually large relative to the adult population in a society’ (Hart 2004:591). The term was coined by German social scientist Gunnar Heinsohn in the mid-1990s where he thinks that a youth bulge occurs when 30 to 40 percent of the males of a nation belong to the ‘fighting age’ cohorts from 15 to 29 years of age. Demogra...

  CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1             Background of the Study Small and medium scale business has been a major source of revenue to most urban dwellers in Nigerian cities. World Tourism Organization (2022) has pointed out that tourism industries are now regarded as one of the best business enterprises in developed and developing countries of the world Fred, (2021). This is evidence that hotels and recreational centers serve as tourism destinations through the provision of tourism facilities in most Nigerian cities Fred, (2021). The Small scale enterprises have long been recognized as an instrument of economic growth and development and can explore the business and economic opportunists around them to become self –employed and create job for other people. Small scale business will provide job for the timid unemployed youths in the state Evans, (2024). Through small scale business, specific skills that are needed for...