Nigerian youths,wastage and unemployment

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Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth

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Sep 29, 2022, 7:50:11 PM9/29/22

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Nigetia,youths, wastage and unemployment by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth, London, engkand

youths Are Asking for jobs: from south Africa to Sudan to Spain to Saudi Arabia. its youth Hungry for Jobs. In Nigeria the youths need to organise themselves to make the necessary demands on their elected representatives and try and recall those who refuse to play ball.

Nigeria urgently needs to fix Electricity so that Manufacturing can thrive and as such put a break on unbridled importation. Government and private sector also need to increase the budgets on Science and technology Research.

For Government it should be about 5 per cent of GDP not 0,02 per cent as it currently stands. Nigeria is bleeding . A lot of jobs can be created in Agriculture if waste and importation are drastically reduced Below are some disturbing facts:

Nigeria spent 2 trillion Naira importing clothing in 2017- Fashion designers Association
Nigeria wastes 16 billion naira (8 million tonnes)worth of Cashew every Year – Audu Ogbe minister of Agriculture
Nigeria loses 4 trillion naira every year derivable from cabotage law. Olisa Agbakoba, SAN. Maritime lawyer
Nigeria loses 1.3 trillion Naira annually to Agricultural waste that can be prevented by gamma ray facility in Sheda science an technology complex in Abuja – Dr. Abdul Tafawa Balewa , Radio Chemist and Politician
Nigeria loses 4 billion dollars every year to Tourism underdevelopment and under promotion- Tourism Association of Nigerian
Nigeria imports 300 million dollar worth of Tomatoes Yearly – Tomatoe Farmers of Nigeria

Top Nigeria Imports 2018

Mineral fuels including oil: US$10.8 billion (29.7% of total imports)
Machinery including computers: $5.2 billion (14.2%)
Ships, boats: $3.4 billion (9.4%)
Vehicles: $2.2 billion (6.1%)
Electrical machinery, equipment: $2.1 billion (5.6%)
Plastics, plastic articles: $1.4 billion (3.8%)
Cereals: $1.2 billion (3.3%)
Fish: $686.5 million (1.9%)
Articles of iron or steel: $681.9 million (1.9%)