The document discusses unemployment issues in Nigeria and proposes solutions. Specifically, it notes that over 23% of Nigeria's workforce is unemployed. It then proposes establishing a clean coal power plant funded through redirected constituency development fees to generate stable electricity, spur industry and job creation. This plant aims to employ 70,000 unemployed Nigerian youth over approximately 3600 hours.

1. Team Name: Frontiers Employment Squad
Country: Nigeria
School: University of Delhi, India

2. When twenty-five thousand applicants apply for a job of five
slots
Qualified people are unable to secure job
23.9 per cent of Nigeria’s labour force is unemployed says the
CIA 2011 report
(Accessed from: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-
world-factbook/fields/2129.html, accessed 21 February, 2013)
 Educated youths between the age of 23 and 40 are affected the
most

3. The Nigerian economy is not diversified
Nigeria experiences epileptic power supply
The organized sector is inefficient and corrupt
Corruption affects business operations
Perpetration of political and religious violence
Low standard of education

4. Resort to economic, social, and violent crimes
People are unable to live their career dream
Talented youths migrate to Europe in search of greener pastures
Lack of patriotism by the citizenry
Degradation of employees labour rights
Increase in poverty

5. Constant power supply through clean coal
technology
Constant power supply lowers the cost of
manufacturing goods
Manufacturing industries create jobs
Crime rate will reduce once there are jobs
Clean coal technology will diversify the Nigerian
economy
Mining of coal will cause a demand for technical
knowledge

6. Clean coal technology is a capital intensive project
The construction of Schwarze Clean Coal Power Plant gulped US$ 100
million
(Accessed from:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=first-oxyfuel-
clean-coal-power-plan-2008-09-04 , accessed 22 February, 2013)
Nigeria has 109 senatorial zones and 306 federal constituencies
The Nigerian Constitution provides for Constituency Development
Fee (CDF)
Most Nigerian legislators embezzle the CDF

7. Youths will pressurize the Nigerian legislators to
enact a law; the CDF Fund Act
Sensitization campaign for the CDF Fund Act will be
achieved using the social media
The legislators will be barred from dealing with the
CDF for a period of two years

8. A clean coal power company will be constructed in
Nigeria
Capital raised from the CDF fund will be used to
finance the power company
The company will employ qualified Nigerian youths
Constant power supply will spur industrial activities

9. Computerized data of employees to checkmate ghost
workers
The court should not spare corrupt public officials
Amendment of the Nigerian federal structure
Tax waivers for infant industries
Investment in the Nigerian agrarian and sports sectors

10. Number of hours the team will spend on the
solution:
Approximate of 3600 hours for the organization of the
project
Number of unemployed young people to be reached:
Total of 100,000 unemployed youths
Number of young people to be engaged:
Total of 70,000 unemployed youths