Group Decries High Rate Of Unemployment In Nigeria

A Non Governmental Organisation, Integra Leadership Foundation (ILF), has decried the alarming rate at which unemployment is on the increase in Nigeria.

The Foundation’s Director-General, Comrade Bode Oladitan in a statement made available to CityMirrorNews on Sunday in Osogbo, expressed concern at the rate youth unemployment is rising in the country.

Olaitan said the problem of unemployment is one of the major factor that have weakened young people’s involvement in Leadership and Community Development.

As part of the group’s effort to get the country rid of unemployment, ILF according to Olaitan recently organised “LIFE SKILLS” training workshops for young adult on Entrepreneurship Development from time to time.

He said “With 100,000 young leaders targeted in Osun alone, we have trained over 2000 young leaders in the three (3) Senatorial Districts of the state and another 3000 prospective young adults in Osun State are currently undergoing leadership training under the Foundation program tagged “Community Connect”.

Olaitan, therefore, urged the Federal and State government to understand youth impact on Nigeria’s transition to peace by creating avenues for youth involvement in Leadership position.