15 m Youths Unemployed, Minister Confirms

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, has confirmed that there are about 15million young Nigerians roaming the streets on a daily basis looking for scarce jobs to earn them salary to enable them put food on their tables.
Ngige warned that the large number of unemployed youths means that Nigeria may explode sooner if unemployment in the country was not tackled urgently.
The minister disclosed this in Enugu at the weekend where he received an award from the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) alongside other alumni.
He said, “But we have those searching for white collar jobs in the neighbourhood of about 15million. So, we have to do something; to teach people new vocations, new skills, so that not all will be going for white collar jobs.
“Even if you have a university degree, you can be thought some skills so that you employ yourself or even get employed somehow. So, we are going to do that or it is on the table.”
While taking a critical look at the alarming rate of unemployment in the nation, the minister said that if the problem is not tackled frontally, with the seriousness and commitment it deserved, the country would become one hell of unrest such as Venezuela, adding that the uprising might consume everybody.
He noted that the symptoms of social unrest were very much around in the country, saying that President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has, however, fashioned out some measures to deal with unemployment in the country.