We Need Jobs

Growing up, l was told that job seekers in the country used to rely on newspapers for job opportunities. That time, people used to buy newspapers, turned to the vacancies page (especially Guardian on Tuesday), find one or more vacancies, and send their applications.
In response to the applications, they got interviews and got jobs without knowing or sleeping with anyone.
Today, the story is different. There are no jobs. The few available ones are reserved for children of the rich, politicians and the well connected persons. We have often heard stories of how female job seekers who are asked by employers to sleep with them.
For two years l have been roaming the streets of Port Harcourt searching for any job all to no avail. Even my Second Class (Upper) result has not paved any way for me. The same ugly experience is witnessed by many graduates across the country. Yet, our federal and state governments claim to be creating employment for the youths. They spend billions of naira on politics and other irrelevant matters while the youth, the future leaders of the country, are left to wallow in hunger and poverty.
I think it’s high time our leaders took the affairs of our young ones seriously. They cannot continue to neglect the youths who are still complaining of the rising cases of robbery and other forms of crime in the country. Urgent measures must be taken by government at all levels to cater for our teeming unemployed youths if we hope to have a better, crime-free society.

By: Christian Amadi, Igwuruta, Port Harcourt.