Group Urges Buhari To Tackle Youth Unemployment

 

The United Youth for Democracy (UYD) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle youth unemployment through a specific legal framework.

In a statement issued by its President, Mr Kehinde Ojoawo, to commemorate the World Youth Day, UYD said: “The youth should enjoy the rights to affor

dable and quality education, employment and empowerment as provided for in the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

The group identified unemployment as the cause of the insecurity in Nigeria. It therefore urged the government to tackle the issue with utmost seriousness.

“Proliferation of militant groups in Nigeria is due to the fact that the youths are hungry and angry.

“Although, government is granting amnesty to militants, it has failed to address the root cause of insecurity by creating jobs,” it said.

It expressed regrets over the increase in social vices such as prostitution, cyber crime, examination and admission racketeering as well as drug trafficking and abuse. UYD called for measures to tackle them