Youths Behind Nigeria’s Problem’ - Governor
Ortom Says
Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has
blamed youth unemployment for the various
agitations across Nigeria, especially by the
now proscribed IPOB.
Ortom said this in an interactive session with
newsmen in Abuja, on Thursday.
He said, “I think that this agitation that we
are talking about, if you look at the majority
of the people that are visibly seen from the
Biafran agitation that has now been
proscribed; you discover that they are mainly
youths.
“Youths are all over the place. If you hear
what the Arewa coalition did, they are still
youths. To me, I think that it is lack of
employment. And it’s a very big challenge we
have to contend with.
“I have known that even before I started
campaigning to be governor even as governor,
what troubles me every day is how to
surmount this challenge.
“I feel that this agitation and all these
problems, threats from here and there are
coming as a result of not engaging these
youths because the hand that is idle becomes
the devil’s workshop.
“I think that we must concentrate our efforts
at the local government, state and federal
levels to ensure that we engage our youths.”
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