On Wednesday a non-governmental organization has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to pay attention to issues of unemployment and genuine skills development for Nigerian youths.
The call was issued in a statement to news reporters by the organization No Justice, No Peace Initiative, via its National Coordinator, Derrick Oritsematosan Agberen.
He claimed that youth unemployment in Nigeria has grown to be a serious issue, contributing to a rise in militancy, violent crimes, kidnappings, restlessness, and socially irresponsible behavior.
Comrade Agberen emphasized that unemployment has become extremely detrimental to society as a whole, both economically and psychologically, and that if emphasis is focused on unemployment and other social ills, there will be a significant decrease in insecurity and other social threats.
The statement said, “It is a sacred obligation for the Nigerian government to take proper care of the citizens it governs, otherwise, they will devise dubious means for survival, which threatens the very existence of the society.
“Since the inception of democratic governance in 1999, the Federal Government of Nigeria has done little or nothing to improve human rights protections and the welfare of the Nigerian citizens.
“It’s so sad that we’ve had good numbers of graduates in time past and even till date, Nigeria universities are populated with undergraduates but with no future plans after many years of study, therefore, defeating one from the key purposes of going to school.
“It is no news, that most of the empowerment schemes initiated by both the Federal and State Governments in times past, were not really meant to develop the youths, as they have had no sustainable values but created avenues for persons in office to loot public funds, just like the recent NPOWER scheme, that was recently cancelled by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
