There is no gainsay that various talents such as spoken
words (modern poetry), visual painting, public speaking (motivational speaking) are facing almost total neglect, that is, they lack reasonable sponsorship and by extension lack platforms which should have led to self employment of reasonable numbers of people if it were encouraged with huge financial prizes attached to them such as brand new car and foreign scholarships whereas talents such as comedy, music, beauty pageantry, footballing have better platform and financially yielding compelling many persons to embrace these talents. Nigerians must not forget the famous Nigerian musician 2face Idibia who had asserted in his song “only me” that not everyone can play ball.
Moreso, the Nigeria education system is to blame in that most of the students who pass out from our secondary schools are often without skills in vocational areas like barbing, plumbing, electrical installation in practice not theory that should have kept them skill- ready, hence reducing over-dependence on parents and reducing the presence of street children by extension.
The number of staff that retire annually from private and governments parastatals will determine the number of students or persons that would be employed by such organisation, however, poor age declaration and poor documentation resulting from poor birth and death registration makes the employment of these persons difficult, since it poses much difficulty to know when they are due to retire and ghost names may occupy very large position for people that are supposed to be gainfully employed.
It is a welcome behaviour that Nigeria took drastic steps against the over rated Ebola virus that came into the country and had the virus contained Nigeria was declared Ebola free, but did not take serious step to apply the Malthusian theory of population indirectly neglecting the dangers of overpopulation which is Unemployment. Nigeria can put Unemployment under control, what she needs is a willing mind and also learn from neighboring countries like South Africa, how they cut their Unemployment level.
There is no gainsaying that overpopulation leads to unemployment, unemployment causes poverty and hunger compelling idle hands to commit various crimes like prostitution, bag snatching, pick pocket, armed robbery, rapid street begging and so on.
That unemployment creates this menace in the society does not mean, it does not have a constructive side, hence, unemployment breeds self employment. However, that I speak in this regard concerning the constructive aspect of Unemployment does not make me a fan of unemployment. The high level of poverty caused by unemployment has made it difficult for most people to afford to live in a habitable house. This inability for the Nigerian citizens to live in a habitable house is against the aim of habitat agenda. Hence, section 26 and 39 of the habitat Agenda (1996) was its concern for housing and posit we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring the full realization of the human rights set out in international instruments and in particular, in this context, the right to adequate housing as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Whenever the issue of unemployment arises, the negative aspect of unemployment is more pronounced than the positive aspect of it. Perhaps, the negativity associated with Unemployment tends to outweigh its positive impact on lives of Nigerians and by extension the society, hence, it is seen as a thing of debate that unemployment should not be allowed to manifest because  its dangers seems to outweigh its benefits. There was a similar situation after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 that fostered wiretapping of conversation, electronic mails and computer surveillance was encourage with the backing of a bill called the Patriot Act in order to prevent future attack but was opposed by civil libertarians stating that the law could be flawed, thereby infringing on peoples right to privacy constitutionally, however, law advocates like Ashcroft and Attorney General John debated that the need to track down terrorists attacks and able to prevent future terrorist attacks outweigh their opposition.
Having known that unemployment is everybody’s business, government of the day should create and implement better policies that could curb unemployment in the short run and long run and promote talent such as bead making, visual painting, body makeup, spoken word poetry, article writing, tailoring and other positive talents by setting up reasonable prizes such as a brand new car and foreign scholarship for the winners. This will go a long way to reduce unemployment as many unemployed youths would embrace these areas of creativity.
Secondary schools in Nigeria should improve their syllabus with skills like photography, electrical installations, bead-making, tailoring and so on such that their students graduate skill ready for work.
Tertiary institutions in Nigeria should include relevant skills such as communication skills, practical computer skills and other skills that are needed by oil companies and other multinational companies such that their graduates are also skill ready for unemployment.
Non-governmental organisations should partner with the government of the day to promote various skills needed by multinational companies and other sectors in the society. The government of the day, non-governmental organisations, tertiary institutions and secondary schools should not be selective in promoting talents and skills in the society.
When these solutions are effectively implemented, it will go a long way to revamp the dangers and problems associated with unemployment such as rapid street begging, bag snatching, prostitution, Ebola virus spread, increased arm robbery, over dependency, poverty, hunger, slum for human habitation.
Concluded.
Enyi wrote from Port Harcourt

Enyi  Wonukwuru