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Nigerian Youths Urged To Embrace Entrepreneurship And Skill Acquisition

Participants at a conference in Abuja on skill enterprise development who made the suggestion, also advised the youths to strive to always look inwards instead of whole sale dependence on government.
Ikenna Adin, Ejike Oji Community Dev. Foundation, said, "Youths can help themselves by trying to earn some skills or finding out what natural endowment God has given you and work towards to develop them."


Aisha Audu-Emeje, A3 Foundation, said, "Entrepreneurship, which is do it yourself or do something yourself and earn something. That is one of the reasons why we are here today. I believe that there are a lot of such call, that’s why we are saying that people should get skillful."
 
 
Ogidi Bara, D.G. House To House campaign, said, "As youth you must come up with good ideas, good innovations, so that at least you might come up with something before you seek for the government."
Organizers of the event observed that skill acquisition is crucial to national development because it helps in eliminating joblessness, poverty and crime in the society.


Samuel Eze, ED, Youth Awareness and Talent Development Initiative, said, “Considering those businesses that have technical and vocational backgrounds like fashion designing, motor mechanic, carpentry and wood works and the rest of them. What we do basically is to discover, empower and retain people who have succeeded in these areas, who will now partner to provide the skills, the internship and also the professional apprentice opportunities for the teaming unemployed youths in Nigeria."



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