Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior on Wednesday admonished Nigerian youths not to rely totally on the government for job opportunities but rather engage in productive activities that can make them self-sufficient and gainfully employed.
Aregbesola who said this while speaking at the grand finale of his stakeholders’ engagement for youths and women of Osun Central Senatorial District in Osogbo said being overly-dependent on public and private sectors for jobs would not address unemployment in the country.
According to the statement issued through the ministry’s Director of Press, Mohammed Manga, Aregbesola said the limited number of white-collar jobs, especially in the public sector, was inadequate to cater for the teeming youths that are being churned out into the labour market on yearly basis.
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He, however, noted that it has become imperative for Nigerian youths to look for other alternatives to become economically-empowered.
The minister, therefore, advised the youth to think creatively rather than wait endlessly for the government and private organizations to give with jobs.
He said his ministry had begun recruitment of about 5,000 Nigerians into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Aregbesola stressed that only a few persons from each of the local government areas will get the jobs, compared to the huge number of jobless youths across the country.
He hailed Osun Central Senator Ajibola Bashiru for his developmental efforts, especially for empowering his people to make them self-sufficient.
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