A former Director, Analysis Division of the Central Financial institution of Nigeria, Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has emphasised the necessity for the Federal Authorities to supply extra jobs for teenagers in 2024 to scale back safety challenges within the nation.
Okunrounmu instructed the Information Company of Nigeria on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun, that insecurity and unemployment have been two sides of the identical coin.
The previous CBN director mentioned that a rise in unemployment would robotically result in rising safety issues within the nation.
“An idle hand is the satan’s workshop.” he mentioned.
He famous that many of the kidnappings, banditry and herdsmen/farmers crises, amongst others, have been fuelled by the elevated unemployment state of affairs within the nation.
He appealed to the federal government to leverage agriculture by the fertile lands and fashionable gear for large farming to make use of youths to stop them from participating in social vices.
”The nation might reply to God’s grace by farming and fixed heavy rain to unravel a number of the present issues within the nation.
“As well as, God has given us all these assets and inhabitants in order that Nigerians wouldn’t endure, ” he mentioned.