Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday stressed the Federal Government’s commitment to boosting employment for the youths in order to secure their future and that of the nation.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo made the declaration in Idanre during a courtesy visit to the palace of the Owa of Idanre, Oba Frederick Aroloye, as part of the administration’s house-to-house campaign.
He said the administration had employed 500,000 youths under the N-Power initiative and would increase this to one million when re-elected.
“In 2050, Nigeria will be the third most populous nation in the world because the growth of Nigeria is by three per cent every year; we must do something about jobs for our youths,” he said
He identified corruption as a major problem facing the country, saying this was responsible for its underdeveloped infrastructure.
“Corruption is our main problem. We have funds to take care of our needs, but corruption is too much. We must tackle it and we won’t compromise,” he said.
Earlier, the Owa of Idanre had described Osinbajo as a worthy ambassador of the Yoruba race and expressed happiness over his visit.
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He solicited for the construction of the Idanre-Ofosun road to improve commercial activities in the area.
The monarch also demanded a higher institution in Idanre Local Government Area as well as federal appointments for its indigenes.
Aroloye commended Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for his achievements within two years in office, especially in infrastructural development, including the ongoing Idanre-Akure road project.
Also speaking during a courtesy visit to the palace of the Deji of Akure, Osinbajo reiterated that President Muhammadu Buhari as an honest man would not engage in acts of corruption.
He said the present administration would continue to be honest as well as provide jobs for youths and funds for market women under the Social Intervention Programmes.
Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, in his remarks, said the house-to-house campaign showed that Osinbajo did not take the government’s success at the 2019 general elections for granted.
He further asked for a representative of Akure at the federal level, a medical school as well as a teaching hospital.
NAN further reports that the vice president visited some houses in Idanre for the house -to -house campaign.
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employment under this useless government? ehhhhhen where is the NPC bill if you people are serious about employment sign it first then we will believe you are serious about youth employment.
when you are empowering someone and the person is getting weaker, have you done the best? you empower youths through npower, pay them #30000 per month, deduct the basic expenses from this and see what remains. creat jobs and not empowerment. if I may remind you what you people promised during campaign was employment opportunity and not empowerment opportunity, when exactly will Nigeria politicians start abiding by their words. As a matter of fact, failure to deliver electioneering promises is tantamount to type one corruption.