THE CONTRIBUTION OF YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION In Nigeria, youth activities date back to the pre-colonial era within youth, in spite of their limited number, organized themselves on age grade basis in their various communities. Today, youth in Nigeria constitute of bulk of the population, from statistics available, persons between the ages of 12 plus and 30 years account for about 43% (forty three percent) of our population. Consequently, youth are not merely an object of passing concern on academic study, but a factor to be reckoned with.
The youth are first and foremost seeking for identify. Governments and indeed the public must accord the youth his fundamental recognition. This can best be done through a national youth policy. The absence of such a policy prior to 1983 has had restrictive effects on achieving optimum results with regard to youth work in the country. It is a known fact that youth is:  An age of emotional development and upsets resulting in sudden changes in mood and behavior; and a period of idealism when the youth see life in terms of theoretical ideals and concepts which need to be tested in the field of practical life.
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY  1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM  1.3OBJECTIVES OF YOUTH ORGANIZATION  1.4RESEARCH QUESTIONS  1.5SCOPE OF THE STUDY  1.6SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 
CHAPTER TWO  LITERATURE REVIEW  2.1INTRODUCTION 2.2CONCEPTS OF YOUTH ORGANIZATION 2.3THE ROLE OF YOUTH ORGANIZATION 2.4PROBLEMS OF YOUTH ORGANIZATION  2.5SUMMARY 
CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY 3.1RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 3.2POPULATIONS AND SAMPLE SELECTION  3.3PROCEDURE OF DATA COLLECTION 3.4TREATMENT OF DATA  3.5LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 
CHAPTER FOUR FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1FINDINGS 
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 5.0SUMMARY 5.1CONCLUSION  5.2RECOMMENDATIONS  REFERENCES