ARCHITECTURAL PERSONNEL AND THE CHALLENGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA
Ipe, Marshall Fakae1 & Arc T.D.Pepple2
1,2Department of Architecture
1,2Rivers State University; Nkpolu, Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt. Rivers State
E-mail; Marsfakae@yahoo.com, tdpeppleassociates@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The paper addresses the problems of unemployment among architects in Nigeria. Accordingly, emphasis is placed on why Nigerian architects are unemployed and how to make them employable. A well- structured questionnaire which data were analyzed using the mean value and simple percentage were used find out the causes of unemployment among Nigerian Architects. This paper reveals that unemployment among architects in Nigeria is caused by employers’ preferences and Government policies and its poor implementation. The paper therefore recommends proper implementation of Government policies, entrepreneurial skills among architects and proper monitoring of personnel used on sites as ways of reducing unemployment among architectural personnel.