NGO Promises One Million Jobs To Niger Delta Youth

A Non-Governmental
Organisation, Waltz Environmental Solution has promised one million jobs for youths in the Niger Delta region in the next 10 years.
Director of the body, Samuel Ekong, told newsmen in Calabar on Sunday that the jobs would be in technical areas especially in oil and gas.
He said his organization would partner with job creation agencies such as Entrepreneurial Development Centre (EDC) in Calabar and other oil firms in the region to create the jobs.
“We have a structure in place for job creation for the youths in the Niger Delta region in general and out target is one million jobs,” he said.
Ekong said the NGO was also creating awareness on how to tackle environmental challenges especially in oil producing communities in the region.
He said the organization was currently sensitizing the people in Akpabuyo, Bakassi and Odukpani Local Government Areas of Cross River on environmental challenges.
Ekong added that Walte Environmental Solutions was also involved in educating youths in the region on the dangers of violence during elections.
“We are telling them to shun politicians who are out to use them for their selfish interests. We want to let them know that such politicians will ruin their lives,” he said.