Making this disclosure in Lagos, at the launch of the company’s Youth Empowered Scheme, the company’s Legal, Public Affairs and Communications Director, Mrs Sade Morgan, explained that the scheme had become necessary so as to fight the alarming rate of unemployment, especially among the nation’s youths.
She explained that the youth initiative, designed for Nigerians within the lower age range, is meant to provide a life-changing opportunity for Nigerians youths by helping them discover, develop and harness their talents.
According to her, the initiative would, among other benefits, provide them the opportunity of learning some basic business skills such as business planning, financial literacy, project management, sales and negotiation skills.
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“This is a significant investment in youth development. For instance, 64 per cent of the nation’s population belongs to the youth cadre. Unfortunately, youth unemployment rate is 25.20 per cent. Perhaps to make matters worse, 48 per cent of the nation’s employers rated young graduates poor in ‘conceptual and creative thinking’. We believe if this set of people (the youths) are actually the leaders of tomorrow, something must be done in this regard.”
“There must be serious intervention; hence this programme,” she stated.
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