Senator Challenges Youths On Talents

Sen. Grace Bent, Chairman of Senate Committee on Environment, says although formal education is important, people must identify with their talents. 

She spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at the first National Youth Employment summit tagged, “Challenges of Youth Unemployment: Harnessing Stakeholders Commitment”.

Bent said the youth would not depend solely on government jobs if they properly identified their talents.

“Formal education is very important but we should know that we are all born with an innate talent and this inborn talent will take us to places.

“So, we must be focused and determined in life,” she said.

Bent, who noted that the problem with leadership in Africa was the neglect of women and the youth, urged the Federal Government to invest in its women and youths.

“Until the nation invests in its women and youths, it will not achieve its objective,” she said.

Earlier, Sen. Muhammed Daggash, Minister of Works, said the ministry, in conjunction with its parastatal agencies, planned to create employment opportunities for youths by opting for a “rapid response in road repairs”.

It would create road gangs to monitor, repair and maintain roads as well as unblock drainages and patch potholes routinely throughout the year as a strategy for youth employment, he said.

Daggash said the ministry would do all it could to ensure that youths were  engaged in one programme or the other.