Abstract: The entrenchment of liberal democracy and its attendant participation of the constituents in Africa and Nigeria in particular has over the time heightened the level of youths’ engagements in the political processes. Bestowed with fundamental obligations arising from the principles of social contract, the state has become a social agency for providing safety nets for vulnerable youths in the society. Nigeria being a developmental state has in the recent time forced with the initiation of interventionist programmes aimed at alleviating the sufferings of the teeming population.