Sequel to continuous increase in unemployment rate in Nigeria, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Dominion Youth Liberation (DYL), has urged government at all levels to engage fresh graduates in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.
President of the organisation, Alex Abegunde, who made the appeal when interacting with journalists yesterday at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, noted that such intervention would go a long way to reduce youth unemployment in the country.
He said that such intervention would also reduce poverty and boost the nation’s socio-economic development, adding that the high rate of unemployment at the grassroot is unacceptable.
According to him, his NGO, which was established in 2012, is to promote youth resourcefulness and self reliance, and stressed the need for youths to be self reliant and self-sufficient.
Abegunde noted that the acquisition of certificates and higher education was no longer a guaranteed source of livelihood,hence the need to embrace entrepreneurship.
“But recent development as regarding high number of graduates roaming the streets unengaged remains a critical factor. This posed serious challenge to government to embrace entrepreneurship development as a better and veritable alternative for economic transformation, growth and employment.
“This is where some uninformed youths and those who designed our educational curriculum actually got it wrong, and it is high time we did the needful in order to get us back to the right track,” he said.
The NGO chief executive officer also advised government and the private sector to channel resources towards promoting skills acquisition, training and entrepreneurship development among the youths.

Corlins Walter