Abstract
The paper highlighted the unemployment trend over the years and its attendant consequences. It examined the concept of National Security and discussed the nexus between unemployment and security challenges in Nigeria. The paper discussed the common types of unemployment in Nigeria and its implication on the Economy. Successive Governments?? 1/2 effort in reducing unemployment was appreciated even though much is left to be desired. Such interventions include the NDE, NEEDs, SURE-P among others. The paper also discussed Technical Skills Acquisition Programmes (TSAP) and its implications on job creation. The paper submits that unemployment is a national catastrophe that can be tackled with sustained efforts geared towards providing young people with requisite knowledge, skills and conducive environment to develop. These could be achieved through the Technical Skills Acquisition Programmes which is capable of providing means of livelihood, help in poverty reduction and mass employment of youth and promotes entrepreneurship. The paper presented the Adamawa state experience of operating a TSAP and why it failed. Recommendations were made which include: provision of legal framework and national policy for combating unemployment, adequate budgetary provision for Technical Education, political and economic stability and access to flexible financial servicesamong others.