HON. ABAYOMI SHEBA ESQ SAYS LACK OF JOBS A RISK TO STABILITY IN NIGERIA

HON. ABAYOMI SHEBA ESQ SAYS LACK OF JOBS A RISK TO NIGERIA STABILITY.

By Eagle Hedge Online News. 

Youth unemployment is a major threat to peace and security in Nigeria which, unless addressed, could see the return of economic crisis to our country following a decades of peace Nigeria has enjoyed.

Hon. Abayomi Sheba Esq  gave unemployment as one of  the  highlight and challenges facing the fragile states in Nigeria. He said more needed to be done to help young Nigerians affected by unemployment.

According to him, young people account for about 65 percent of nigeria’s population of 200 million, and youth unemployment is estimated as high as 35 percent for working youth.

“Peace and security in Nigeria is still an issue because of the young unemployed, and until we can address that, there’s always hanging over us the chance that there may be a resumption of high crime rate in our country,” he said this during an interview with Eagle Hedge Online News.

The high proportion of young people in Nigeria is mirrored across many parts of the country, and is often cited as a source of optimism for the country’s future economic growth and development.

However,  Sheba’s warning underscores the risk that nigeria’s long-heralded “demographic dividend” could become a liability unless governments can create more jobs for their growing populations.

He called for a stronger focus on providing vocational and technical training for those whose lives  had been sabotaged by years of insecurity, poverty and unemployment.

There is a need for a more aggressive approach to tackling issues such as youth unemployment and poor infrastructure within fragile states and regions, Sheba added