The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, has restated the imperatives of government empowering Nigerian youths.
Speaking during an interactive session with the Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria, CICAN delegation in his office recently, Ambassador Ajadi stated that Nigerian youths, like their counterparts all over the world, have huge potentials waiting to be harnessed.
He said the necessity of harnessing and unleashing such potential included increased productivity, value addition, inclusion of the younger generation in the act of governance as well as reduction in crime.
Lamenting the economic pressures that Nigerians have been pushed to in the last few months, he said it has become urgent for the government to do something.
Ambassador Ajadi observed that prices of goods and services have skyrocketed in the last few months, whereas salaries have remained stagnant, warning that that was not good for an economy with a huge youth population.
Ajadi, a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP in Ogun State, indeed its flag bearer in the last general election, summed his urgent call on the federal government to:
i. Rise up to its duties of helping to make life more meaningful generally for Nigerians.
ii. Create more employment opportunities and ensure that Nigerian youths are meaningfully engaged after school.
iii. Boost production activities through key incentives for employers of labour and
iv. Help to crash prices of essential items in the market so that the common man can conveniently feed his household.
Ambassador Ajadi described Nigerian youths as filled with energy, saying such should be harnessed for improved agriculture that could translate to industrial revolution.
“Government can harness local potentials by setting up and equipping farm settlements and agriculture production centres at selected locations nationwide.
“It can motivate youths to take up the initiative by supporting them with take off funds which should be closely monitored and supervised”, he said.
He also suggested that technical colleges and polytechnics should be made really practical oriented and equipped to be able to fabricate machines for local production, adding that such institutions could be made industrial starter points.
“I believe that we can better harness the potential of Nigerian youths, which include their population and energy.
“The government can make budgetary provisions through the relevant agencies for radical change that would engage youths selected from the senatorial zones or wards of the country, for productive agriculture.
“It is something that would keep many youths economically engaged, and eventually lead to improved agricultural output”, he stated.
Photo: Mr. Charles Okonji, National Chairman, CICAN (2nd left front row), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo, 3rd left front), Chief Executive Officer of Bullion Go-Neat Global Limited, Mrs. Rhoda Ogunseye, Vice Chairman, CICAN and others during the visit recently.
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