This study is on a strong impression of effective management of resources want to know that impact of effective management of resources in solving unemployment problem in Oji River Local Government Area how they have carried its operations to bring this phenomenon to its minimum.
In order to active this an empirical survey and library research were carried out. The sources of data used include both primary and secondary data. The primary sources of data are the administration questionnaire and oral interview while the secondary sources includes statistical tools
The research reveals that the local government has not put the necessary machinery in place to tackle unemployment. One reason being lack of managerial skill operating in the area.
This factors has been a force militating against solving unemployment problem. It was discovered also that the local government under study engages in various activities and schemes including provision of pipe borne water rural electrification project to attract investor to harness the available natural resources to create employment of the people.
Unemployment has been and stills a major problem in Oji- Rive Local Government Area of Enugu State. A study recently carried out of researchers showed that about 80% of the labour force in the local government area are unemployed people in Oji- River is made up of youths and young school levers whose number in the labour market is on the increase year because of the high rate of people graduating from both the secondary and tertiary institution. A far of them who are employed solely depend on the government and a greater percentage of them years for the non-existent non government organizaiton or corporate bodies for their unshed labour which according to Byrness and stone (1981:147) people are only employed when they are unable to work and would be willing to accept a prevailing wage paid to people that posed the skill they have but either cannot find or have mot yet joined suited employment” Byrness believed that a person become unemployed when be has a required skilled to sell to an employer who is willing to buy his still for a wage the problem of unemployment can be reduced if the already existing establishment within Oji-Rivers local government Area are effectively managed.
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