The Minister of Youth and Sports activities Improvement, Mr Sunday Dare, has mentioned the answer to the issue of unemployment in Nigeria at this time lies in entrepreneurship and buying of vocational abilities by the youths.
Dare mentioned this whereas delivering his speech titled, “Digital Literacy: A panacea for youth unemployment,” on the luncheon of the Authorities School Ibadan Previous Boys Affiliation.
The minister suggested the youths on the necessity to harness the alternatives out there in digital abilities and entrepreneurship which he mentioned the Federal Authorities had offered.
He mentioned, “The answer to Nigeria’s youth unemployment doesn’t solely lie in formal training, but in addition in entrepreneurship, semi-formal and vocational training which is being inspired in additional engaging methods by the Federal Authorities.
“Underneath President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria is altering the basics of youth growth by emphasising on coaching into enterprise, and investing immediately in youth-owned companies and concepts.”
“The Federal Authorities is passionate concerning the progress of the youth, in any respect ranges and positions. We all know the problems of unemployment are deep, and so we’re working to be a step forward of those challenges. Our resolution doesn’t lie in formal training alone, because of this we’re encouraging the youth to interact entrepreneurship.”
“To attain this, we initiated a gentle mortgage program named the Nationwide Youth Funding Fund (NYIF) to present a leap and function a spring board to our youths. I encourage the youths to use themselves to the method and alternatives that abound round them, which will certainly make issues higher.”
“Equally, we’ve the Work Expertise Program (WEP) for the graduates to achieve cognate work expertise from related companies, each personal and public. It will give them a greater head begin of their job search.”
The Chairman of the GCIOBA affiliation, Mr Wole Agbaje, recommended Dare for his lecture, saying he confirmed deep understanding of the subject.
Agbaje mentioned, “GCIOBA is understood for mental contributions to state and nation constructing and we don’t invite simply anyone to grace our events. We be sure that our visitor audio system are personalities that may make mental contributions, so we’re not stunned on the implausible handle of the honorable minister.”
